achieve
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Alonso took his time coaching in youth football, but it soon felt - much like in his playing career - as though he could only achieve success.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026
However, Bill fails to quantify what he expects the team to achieve?
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026
To achieve his objectives, De la Espriella plans to forge a military alliance with the United States and Israel.
From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026
The company said the drug, ziltivekimab, didn’t achieve the expected risk reduction for adverse cardiovascular events in patients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, chronic kidney disease and inflammation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
It might seem a marriage made in heaven, but there were still hurdles to be overcome before Kepler could achieve the breakthrough that made him a key figure in the history of science.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
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His film is likable as heck but never quite achieves liftoff.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
They said the new deal "achieves this without any government funding or cost to taxpayers".
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
In a study published in Neuron, Kerstjens, Zador, and collaborators from Harvard University and ETH Zürich propose a new theory describing how the developing brain achieves this remarkable level of organization.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 25, 2026
But he will be even richer if he achieves a few profound goals.
From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 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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"This research is achieved by team effort. There is an old Japanese saying: 'One arrow is easy to break, but three arrows bundled together are not,'" Mizuno said.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 2, 2026
Halstead praised the “almost universal good order and decorum” with which the election was held and called the result “a noiseless revolution,” achieved without a drop of blood.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Frankie Laine's I Believe, external achieved 18 weeks at number one in the 1950s.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
Experts say Taco Bell’s secret sauce isn’t just one flavor — the brand has achieved cultural relevance, menu innovation and compelling value that keep customers coming back.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
“Very much. He certainly achieved his vision. It’s a beautiful book.”
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
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Shailendra Baral, his school hostel supervisor, told AFP that as a young boy Purja had been "fearless and committed to achieving something".
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
"Without this infrastructure, achieving the coherent, ultrafast modulation needed for the PTC regime would have been impossible."
From Science Daily ● Jul. 31, 2026
When asked whether the entire team was full speed and ready to go, he made the analogy of an airplane gathering speed down a runway before achieving flight.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
SpaceX’s route to achieving its grand connectivity vision for Starlink is riddled with multibillion-dollar problems and would require decades’ worth of catching up, according to MoffettNathanson analysts.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 25, 2026
Or maybe I didn’t want to be dismissed as incapable of achieving.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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