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succeed

[suhk-seed] / səkˈsid /




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This was in response to his grandfather’s quotation: “You can never succeed when you have hate on your mind.”

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026

The project's demise comes despite both Merz and Macron insisting publicly they were determined for it to succeed.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

The decision says Judge Brown is likely to succeed on his due process claim.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

But the biggest thing that brought the pair together was their unshakeable desire to succeed as they quickly built reputations as prodigious young talents.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

They wished to hold Greece in almost the same manner as the Spartans held it, making it free and leaving it under its own laws, and they did not succeed.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli




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