succeeding

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William Walsh is succeeding Pieter Elbers, who stepped down in March after Indian regulators fined IndiGo for flight cancellations in late 2025.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

"The arms market is quite a delicate thing and succeeding there with one swift move or a single tour ... is very difficult," Magda said.

From Barron's • Mar. 28, 2026

Eastern hour on MS NOW, succeeding Ana Cabrera, who is leaving the network when its daytime programming changes take effect in June.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2026

US digital marketing expert Shama Hyder says that succeeding in the sector is "not easy".

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

The glossy pages of succeeding months blossom around it: landscapes of fluted mountains for 1964; a curious collection of Irish setters and pugs in 1969; twelve varieties of jasmine for each month of 1973.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García