crowning achievement
Example Sentences
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In a career that has taken the former London transport boss around the world, delivering a new Penn Station, he says, would be his crowning achievement: “To me, this is the daddy.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 13, 2026
A giant twist in the series’ penultimate episode, “The Garden,” came with the reveal that the crowning achievement motivating Deborah all season long, a sold-out Madison Square Garden performance, was a cruel illusion.
From Salon • May 29, 2026
The wall would be a crowning achievement of Blakeman’s tenure as county executive in Nassau.
From Slate • Dec. 29, 2025
“Arcadia,” perhaps his crowning achievement, may not be as sprawling but it’s just as intellectually ambitious.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 30, 2025
Of all her whoppers, this was Grandma’s crowning achievement.
From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck
