successive
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Peaty was beaten to a third successive gold in Paris by Italy's Nicolo Martinenghi, having contracted coronavirus in the days before the final.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
He joins esteemed company in Jack Nicklaus, Sir Nick Faldo and Tiger Woods, who also donned the Green Jacket in successive years.
From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026
But unlike his peers, Kim Il Sung had built a personality cult robust enough to be passed down to successive generations.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026
Each rung of the ladder is an inflation-protected security maturing in a successive year.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
But in successive turns you grow an opacity, a pearl-like glow whose surface can repel all manner of heat and light.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
Vocabulary lists containing successive
Siddhartha
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The Joy Luck Club
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The Thing About Jellyfish
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