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Who were the first climbers confirmed to have achieved the goal of reaching the summit of Mt. Everest?

achieve

[uh-cheev] / Ι™ΛˆtΚƒiv /


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The group was able to achieve a compromise, but it never saw the light of day.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

Nearly all RAV4s achieve more than 40 combined miles a gallon.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

While the team ultimately failed to achieve that universal moonshot goal, the broader experiment still managed to produce 17 working proteins that successfully bound to four of the targeted individual toxins.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026

Continuity of selection would presumably help Carrick achieve defensive stability.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

Each may achieve his goals with these different means.

From "The Prince" by NiccolΓ² Machiavelli

Committing to three more years means her legacy may now be defined by what she achieves next.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

Crucially, the microscope achieves this resolution without sacrificing imaging speed or requiring intense laser illumination.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026

If it achieves that, the spacecraft will then attempt to deploy satellites designed to expand the company's already massive satellite internet constellation.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

But the murkiness doesn’t last long in a production that achieves an admirable balance between objectivity and emotion, abstraction and representation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

After nine years—in April 1957—Joey finally achieves twelve consecutive negative swabs for Hansen’s disease, and she is allowed to leave Carville.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

If successful, this adjustment could double the contrast and signal-to-noise ratio again, adding to the improvement already achieved with the laser phase plate.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2026

Cornered, the liar finally admits, accidentally or intentionally, the truth; justice prevails and catharsis is achieved.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

In the decades since, he achieved unusually intimate ends with a big band and led small ensembles to sound bigger than their instrumentation might suggest.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

"I think I've gone above and beyond that. The goal has been achieved this week and I'm in a good spot for the rest of the year and next year."

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

Lian and Abina achieved perfect balls of light and smiled smugly at each other.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton

"Obviously, this is the team that eliminated us from achieving our goal," Gilgeous-Alexander said.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

Accounting for them was essential to achieving the new 0.5% precision.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026

“Not many people see us as a community capable of achieving something this big,” said Jaelyn.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026

This one did something else, reaching extreme heights but never achieving the sustained success of more entrenched conspiracy theories.

From Slate ● Oct. 16, 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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