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Nearly five years passed before she was able to attain the correct paperwork to take on permanent paid employment.

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

In Buddhism, bodhicitta is, essentially, a desire to attain enlightenment in order to free all beings from suffering.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026

You might assume that only certain wealthy folks attain financial independence.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 12, 2026

Walt Hazzard and Gail Goodrich didn’t attain the necessary 75% of votes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 27, 2026

The international court determined that the children and teenagers of the Third Reich had been betrayed, deserted, and sacrificed by a party and a regime that had used them to attain power.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

But it attains the weight of well-wrought drama as Yosef and his family consider complex questions of home and dislocation, and it’s put together with a strong sense of rhythm and composition.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 10, 2026

Zardari, who already enjoyed immunity while in office, will retain legal protection even after leaving the presidency so long as he attains no other public office.

From Barron's ● Nov. 14, 2025

When an individual attains ILR - also known as settled status - they can access state benefits and use the NHS without extra charges.

From BBC ● Feb. 6, 2025

“It’s brutal, it’s very painful, it’s a theme that attains indignation, rage,” says Murillo, speaking in Spanish via Zoom from her home in Mexico City.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2023

But he who attains the principality through popular favour finds himself alone, and has around him either no one or very few who are not ready to obey him.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli

If we are lucky enough to survive into our 20s, and have attained some degree of adult consciousness, we all will have lived a coming-of-age story.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026

On April 14, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberal Party attained a majority in Parliament thanks to by-elections and defections from the opposition Conservatives.

From Barron's ● Apr. 23, 2026

“He attained absolute power and lost sight of the goal,” said milk farmer Imre Barna, 32, standing in front of a stall selling “Make Hungary Great Again” T-shirts with Orbán’s picture.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 11, 2026

But if there is one Chili Peppers single that has attained divine feel-good hit status, it’s “Can’t Stop.”

From Salon ● Apr. 4, 2026

In contrast, many islands with intensive agriculture attained population densities exceeding 120 per square mile.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

And in five countries, workers had to wait until mid-July before finally attaining tax freedom.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026

Large Urban Areas had the highest proportion of student attaining grades A to C at National 5 levels with 80.3%, while Remote Small Towns had the lowest at 71.6%.

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026

But he was well on his way to "attaining his American dream," Ronaldo Salgado said.

From Barron's ● Jul. 9, 2026

Few of King’s staff supported the effort, worrying that the strike — and the planned Poor People’s Campaign in Washington — distracted from the main goal of attaining voting and political rights for Black Americans.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 17, 2026

Where were the initiated who, attaining Atman in sleep, could retain it in consciousness, in life, everywhere, in speech and in action?

From "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse