achieve
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"What we're trying to achieve is to make rugby league in the UK and Europe as strong as possible," he told BBC Sport.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 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
The company said it remains on track to achieve full-year guidance despite operating in an increasingly challenging market environment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
I’m willing to bet we can actually achieve such a utopian outcome, even if it takes another century.
From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2026
The other good news is that it only takes a couple of minutes and a little thought to achieve this, and put some of the basic elements of music to work.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
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The test of the Warsh Fed, as with all chairmen, is whether the central bank achieves and maintains price stability.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
FKT is short for the “fastest known time” that a person or small group achieves on a particular course, usually somewhere it would be difficult or impossible to host an actual race.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
They said the new deal "achieves this without any government funding or cost to taxpayers".
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
If SpaceX achieves that goal, it could become the most powerful and cost effective launch vehicle ever built.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 11, 2026
Dee’s main objective for the day seems to be making Juan laugh, which she achieves in less than two hours.
From "Ask the Passengers" by A.S. King
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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
"I couldn't imagine having the career I've had and everything I've achieved, the fortune I've had to be part of the best team in history," he said.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 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
Rivals include California-based Replit, which achieved a $9 billion valuation in a March funding round—triple the level it hit six months prior.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
With Duke Valentino as his instrument and the French invasion as his opportunity, he achieved all those things that I discussed earlier in describing the actions of the Duke.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
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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
And the percentage of students achieving a merit or above grew from 65.3% to 68.9%.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 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
In just a few years she moved up the ladder from rural poverty to the high- achieving circles of the middle class.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
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