achieve
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Many inside and outside Afghanistan are asking the same pressing question: what's the best way to engage the Taliban to try to achieve meaningful change?
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
SpaceX on Wednesday unveiled its latest artificial-intelligence model, which could help it achieve CEO Elon Musk’s revenue goals.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 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
Hannover Re HNR1 -0.40%decrease; red down pointing triangle reported a lower net profit for the second quarter, hit by currency headwinds, but said it is on track to achieve its full-year guidance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Papin’s pump consists of a cylinder with a piston; the piston is sealed by a layer of water, and Papin describes with care how to achieve this.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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As the company achieves notable growth — sales more than doubled in the latest quarter — it’s also impressing Wall Street with its profit performance.
From MarketWatch ● 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
Although it cannot match Starship's enormous lifting capacity, it achieves much greater efficiency.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 11, 2026
He ultimately achieves a personal and moral victory by finding the bad guy and throwing him in jail.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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For a whole campaign a title-winning team's players have been working hard towards the goal of winning the league and the moment it is achieved will understandably feel like a huge success and relief.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
Instead, they stay private — with many going public well after they’ve already achieved hockey-stick growth, leaving public investors chasing a ship that has already left the port.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026
“Nimblewill Nomad” Eberhart, who knew my parents, achieved this feat at age 83 in 2021, taking the honor from Greybeard, who set a record at age 82 in 2017.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
Only five months ago, Daniel Flores achieved a lifelong dream by opening a bike workshop.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
Having achieved the rank of major general, Garfield resigned his U.S.
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
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Speaking on the eve of the championships, she welcomed the strong competition and said achieving gold on British soil would mean as much as her Olympic triumph.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
Losing weight can reduce some of these risks, but achieving substantial weight loss through diet and exercise alone can be difficult.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 15, 2026
Then-CEO Hassabis founded the company in 2010 with the goal of achieving artificial general intelligence, or AGI — an AI system that matches or surpasses human capabilities.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026
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
In Portland, Maine, I came closest to achieving a decent fit between income and expenses, but only because I worked seven days a week.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
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