succeed
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At Vallecas, Chavarria developed into a dependable top-flight full-back, combining defensive aggression with the physicality required to succeed in the role.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
The better question is why he thinks the effort will succeed.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
Pintscher, who will succeed current music director Jaime Martín beginning in 2027-28 season, augurs a new era for LACO.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
Batista Filho, who currently leads the company’s U.S. business, will succeed Gilberto Tomazoni.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
I’d absorbed my family’s love and my parents’ commitment to seeing us succeed.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
He succeeds Jenna Bromberg, who is leaving the company.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
And, if a project succeeds, you’ve left a paper trail that shows you were instrumental in its execution.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
The former securities regulator and federal prosecutor succeeds Tulsi Gabbard, who resigned last month, and inherits an 18-agency intelligence community shaken by leadership turnover and staff cuts.
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
Staff on the front line say a major factor in whether a youth centre succeeds or fails is how deeply embedded it is in the community.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
If he succeeds, he will be well along on his path to becoming an evangelist.
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
The defence succeeded in excluding some items - a gun magazine, cell phone, passport, wallet and computer chip, found in Mangione's backpack.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
Proponents of negotiations have had difficulty getting an audience with Khamenei, who hasn’t appeared in public since he succeeded his father in March.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
"I told her I tried to ask for a visa but I never succeeded, and I didn't have any other choice."
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
By others, it succeeded in helping students outside the classroom in ways that are usually not available in public schools.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026
She had done everything in her power to stop the poison tide peacefully, and she had almost succeeded.
From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown
But the coaches know they have someone passionate about succeeding.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026
Papa Johns promoted Chris Lyn-Sue to CMO from senior vice president and general manager of international, succeeding Jenna Bromberg, who is leaving the company.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Throughout the attempts, it was human review that stopped the agent from succeeding in delivering the malicious code to GitHub.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
Departing alone from Pakistan, he tried a dozen times to cross into Europe via Greece then Bulgaria before succeeding.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
It would follow that when scientific views are abandoned and replaced by new ones it is because the new ones are thought to be better at succeeding, paying, etc.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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