achieve
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It was at this meeting that Peake told Efan the practical steps on how to achieve his dream of becoming an astronaut.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
"We are in this process to achieve a democratic and free Venezuela," the politician wrote on X on Tuesday.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
SpaceX on Wednesday unveiled its latest artificial-intelligence model, which could help it achieve CEO Elon Musk’s revenue goals.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026
Hannover Re HNR1 -0.40%decrease; red down pointing triangle reported a lower net profit for the second quarter, hit by currency headwinds, but said it is on track to achieve its full-year guidance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
They did not know what the future would hold; but they did have a clear sense of what they were trying to achieve.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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His film is likable as heck but never quite achieves liftoff.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
They said the new deal "achieves this without any government funding or cost to taxpayers".
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
“What’s important is that it doesn’t replace the physical play. You want the technology to animate the player and to be shareable. If the Smart Play technology achieves that, it’ll be very sustainable.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
In a study published in Neuron, Kerstjens, Zador, and collaborators from Harvard University and ETH Zürich propose a new theory describing how the developing brain achieves this remarkable level of organization.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 25, 2026
He ultimately achieves a personal and moral victory by finding the bad guy and throwing him in jail.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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"We have the utmost respect and admiration for FSG as owners and for everything they have achieved at Anfield," he said.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Zambia has a long record of transferring power through the ballot box, with every change of president since the return to multiparty politics in 1991 achieved through elections.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
Grok 4.6 achieved a score in line with OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 Sol model, but not quite as good as Anthropic’s Claude Opus 5 and Fable 5 models, according to Artificial Analysis.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026
The German energy company has achieved around 68% of the mid-point of guidance, which is 2.8 billion euros, they note.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
In 1913, though women had not yet achieved the right to vote in federal elections, Illinois extended local suffrage to women.
From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield
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Macquarie doesn’t see ASX achieving its A$150 million additional capital target at the end of FY27.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Chatterjee believes the company is capable of achieving the Rule of 50 — meaning that its annual revenue growth and profit margin would add up to 50% or more — by fiscal 2030.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
The trouble here is the closer he comes to achieving it, the less Mitchell himself seems to exist.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
While demonstrations are largely over after achieving key demands, AFP looks at what the protests revealed -- and what could come next.
From Barron's ● Aug. 8, 2026
Our involvement will be so great that we cannot—without national humiliation—stop short of achieving our complete objectives.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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