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Who were the first climbers confirmed to have achieved the goal of reaching the summit of Mt. Everest?

achieve

[uh-cheev] / əˈtʃiv /


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The group was able to achieve a compromise, but it never saw the light of day.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

“Iran would have to be more aggressive to achieve the same degree of control it previously possessed over oil flows from the region,” Capital Economics’ Hussain said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

While the team ultimately failed to achieve that universal moonshot goal, the broader experiment still managed to produce 17 working proteins that successfully bound to four of the targeted individual toxins.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026

At least 50% of Tesla's shareholders would need to approve the merger, which Musk described as "quite a high hurdle to achieve".

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

“None of that has anything to do with me liking Elliot. I’m not trying to achieve a goal here,” Jenna said.

From "Keep It Together, Keiko Carter" by Debbi Michiko Florence

Crucially, the microscope achieves this resolution without sacrificing imaging speed or requiring intense laser illumination.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026

If it achieves that, the spacecraft will then attempt to deploy satellites designed to expand the company's already massive satellite internet constellation.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

To compound matters, the masculine ego trap also tells a man that he’s not worthy of what he wants until he achieves some nebulous milestone that, again, sets him apart from other men.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

Yet however avant-garde in form, Saramago’s prose achieves an expert fluidity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

The more tests given—and the more students enrolled in rigorous courses—the higher the ranking a school achieves.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove

Cornered, the liar finally admits, accidentally or intentionally, the truth; justice prevails and catharsis is achieved.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

“He achieved his goal of presenting himself as a centrist, as a moderate,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

Other research has similarly suggested that performing only a few sets of exercises each week can produce strength improvements approaching those achieved with considerably longer workouts.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2026

The recent result was achieved on Quantinuum’s Helios computer, which is already in commercial use.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

It was nine p.m. on July 20, 1971, and Bobby Fischer had achieved what no one else had ever accomplished in chess: winning two grandmaster matches without drawing or losing a single game.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

“Not many people see us as a community capable of achieving something this big,” said Jaelyn.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026

Part of his strategy for achieving that is to demonstrate delivery in devolved government on issues of everyday concern.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

But how close did Germany actually come to achieving that goal?

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

This one did something else, reaching extreme heights but never achieving the sustained success of more entrenched conspiracy theories.

From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026

You’re giving up a smaller dream for a bigger one that you actually have a chance of achieving.

From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles


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