succeed
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Oil prices were edging down early on Tuesday as President Donald Trump appeared to succeed in persuading Israel and Iran to pause fighting.
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
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
"With an Ajax 2 package of upgrades now in development at an unknown cost, the PAC awaits to see, more in hope than expectation, whether these endeavours will succeed," the report states.
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026
The decision says Judge Brown is likely to succeed on his due process claim.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
“If we succeed in opening the eyes of her people to the fact that in a military sense they have nothing more to hope for, that breaking point would be reached.”
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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