goal
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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
The goal, he says, is to supplant independent academic research with “an entire system of pseudoscience and grift.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
The diminutive magician scored twice, taking his goal total for the tournament to seven, before converting in the shootout as Argentina clinched a first World Cup since Diego Maradona's heroics in 1986.
From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026
The Swiss drugmaker said an early and mid-stage study for the drug, del-brax, in rare genetic disease facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy met its primary goal.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
What struck him now was the realization that, in a winding and utterly unpredictable way, he might have accomplished his goal.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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