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The return of his body marks the start of the Tooro kingdom's official nine-day mourning period amid a growing dispute over who should succeed him.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
Ford executives say the Fathom’s $30,000 price range will help it succeed where other EVs—which often cost $50,000 or more—didn’t.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
To succeed financially, renters need a system of forced savings too.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026
Bean said she hopes fans of “Snowfall” will allow the new show to succeed on its own terms.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
“Come on, Syd, you’ve got this,” Paris said, willing her to succeed.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
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Beyond shifting from a multi-cam comedy to single-cam and Brandy’s changed-up theme song, this “Different World” succeeds by maintaining a wonderfully familiar energy… like coming back home.
From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2026
If she succeeds, the Iowa transplant will be able to secure the work visa she needs to stay in her adopted England.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
She succeeds Mark Haushill, who plans to retire.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 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
His hand almost succeeds this time; it brushes my wrist.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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They’ve already succeeded in convincing the government to designate the Vjosa Narta river area as a national park.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026
A military official within the government told AFP that the Houthis had succeeded on Saturday evening in "cutting off the road linking Taiz to Mokha."
From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026
Kawhi Leonard’s uncle tried this with the Lakers and failed, but apparently succeeded with the Clippers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
The S&P 500’s biggest gainer was Moderna, after news in August that an experimental mRNA vaccine co-developed with Merck succeeded in preventing cancer from coming back or spreading in a study of high-risk melanoma patients.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
Nevertheless, his deceptions always succeeded to his heart’s desire, since he knew this aspect of the world very well.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
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Confectioner Hershey said Dave Hulays has been named as its new CFO, succeeding Steve Voskuil.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Is it enough to make United serious contenders after Michael Carrick took them to third place and back into the Champions League last season after succeeding Ruben Amorim in a caretaker capacity?
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
Throughout Stokes' tenure as England captain, the question loomed of how anyone would eventually go about succeeding him.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
Parton and my mom taught that literacy was key to succeeding — Mami regularly took us to the library, while Dolly created a nonprofit that provides free books to young children, including Spanish-language options.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
Between 10,000 and 9000 B.C. the people living there may already have been residing year-round in villages, but they were still hunter-gatherers; crop cultivation began only in the succeeding millennium.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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