succeeded
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Just because they haven’t succeeded, and they’re deplorably bad at it, does that mean we shouldn’t worry, or doesn’t it matter how bad you are at it.
From Slate ● Oct. 31, 2026
Mr. Peterson was succeeded as chancellor last year by the psychiatrist Iain McGilchrist.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
Earlier experiments had succeeded only with extremely thin magnetic structures containing no more than three magnetic layers.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 27, 2026
Close to home, in neighboring Hungary, they succeeded in ousting another entrenched leader.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026
The plan succeeded, and Garfield won his first political office.
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
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