achievement
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He has reached an age where a competitive Emmy can double as a lifetime achievement award.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
That was an absolutely extraordinary achievement, and it is rightly celebrated.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
El-Sayed’s close win, in which he underperformed the polling, in some ways undersells his achievement.
From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2026
The agreement in June marked the Petro's greatest achievement in an otherwise unsuccessful series of talks.
From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026
But the participant’s view is that winning is an unpredictable achievement, a personal triumph.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Arday resigned as a Cambridge professor of sociology of education last week after allegations of plagiarism and questions about some of his achievements.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Critics have debated in the build-up to Makhachev's bout with Machado Garry if his achievements have surpassed team-mate and coach Khabib Nurmagomedov.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
In 2024 then–Surgeon General Vivek Murthy identified one of the main culprits: “A ‘culture of comparison’—often perpetuated online—around milestones, parenting and achievements, ‘has left many families feeling exhausted, burned out, and perpetually behind.’
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
This past week, the problem for Musk might have been that SpaceX’s actual, impressive achievements seemed downright boring compared with what Musk likes to hype.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
She also feared that the full breadth of his achievements might never be publicly acknowledged, due to government secrecy.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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