goal
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The Argentine team won the trophy, although that wasn’t the year of Diego Maradona’s infamous “Hand of God” goal, which happened eight years later in Mexico.
From Salon • Jun. 11, 2026
Bajaj, an adjunct professor at Stanford’s School of Medicine who previously co-founded Google’s life sciences division, said the company’s goal is to build AI systems that can assist throughout the entire engineering process.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
If you’ve spent decades building something strong and secure, the goal now isn’t to make it dramatically bigger.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026
That’s always going to be the guiding goal of any band trying to make fun music that’s relatable.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
Nikita Khrushchev still believed in the goal that had driven him since youth, the dream of improving life for the Soviet people.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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