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When they succeed, they pause to honor everything sacrificed in the effort, and would find it barbaric if anyone dared to pump their fists.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026

Reverend Frederick Haynes III won Crockett’s endorsement to succeed her in the heavily Democratic 30th District.

From Salon ● Nov. 5, 2026

To succeed, you would need to show that your father had an established, longstanding estate plan that the final outcome contradicted.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2026

The president has been circumspect about who he'd support to succeed him as the 2028 Republican presidential nominee.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

Only an all-out effort would get it done, and it was still wildly improbable that we'd succeed in blocking the execution.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

He succeeds Peter Alexander, who left “Saturday Today” in March to become a daytime anchor at MS NOW.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026

That means Washington would face a more capable arsenal and stiffer terms if the administration succeeds in engaging Pyongyang in negotiations about its weapons program.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026

He succeeds Kenny Cheung, who left to become CFO of drug wholesaler McKesson.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026

Reporting Scotland: News at Seven succeeds in bringing our audience closer to the day's news and has been incredibly effective at adding context from experts and from a first-person experience.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

Then, if he succeeds in getting close to where the rabbits are at silflay along the bank or in the field, he lies still and watches his chance for a quick snatch.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams

"The American people don't want us to get even," said Jeffries, who succeeded Nancy Pelosi as House minority leader in 2023.

From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026

Her signature program, Executive Directive One, succeeded in cutting the time it takes to review 100% affordable projects and led to a flurry of development proposals.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026

Just because they haven’t succeeded, and they’re deplorably bad at it, does that mean we shouldn’t worry, or doesn’t it matter how bad you are at it.

From Slate ● Oct. 31, 2026

Earlier experiments had succeeded only with extremely thin magnetic structures containing no more than three magnetic layers.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 27, 2026

And, anyway, would I even have succeeded in attracting their attention if I’d tried?

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo

But of course, this lawsuit’s not aimed at succeeding.

From Slate ● Oct. 31, 2026

“Moving sooner in smaller steps while inflation expectations are anchored has a better chance of succeeding without adverse impact on the labor market or economic growth,” he added.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026

A person who’s earnest about learning a language is forever trying to decipher something new, failing far more often than succeeding in the early going — yet always working to master the task.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

So it was a relief to be put out of our misery as last Friday's literal yawn-fest came to its slow-burning conclusion; the traitorous trio eventually succeeding in their mission to kill in plain sight.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

I like the sensation of succeeding brilliantly at something—even if it is just thunking in foul shots one after another.

From "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson