strive

It has important implications in areas such as sales, where companies strive toward “zero latency” as they tend to customer needs, Stav Levi-Neumark, co-founder and CEO of Alta, told me last year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

Posting on X, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said: "We must strive to compel the enemy to remain committed to what it has signed."

From Barron's ● Aug. 2, 2026

Arsenal's home crowds accounted for 41% of all supporters at WSL fixtures, a club success story, though one that raises questions about the overall supporter experience as both league and clubs strive to progress.

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026

The play follows the pair of brothers as they strive for success in the theatrical world amid William Shakespeare’s unstoppable rise.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026

As I left for the car I told him to be brave, to believe in himself, to set goals, to have faith, to strive doggedly to realise those goals.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane

"We will also have to close some programmes," he added, saying "output with the highest audience value and impact" would be prioritised as the BBC strives to be "simpler and faster".

From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026

“It is a department that strives to ... make positive changes.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026

"He wants us to be better, and that's exactly what I, my family, and I hope every single other person here strives to do every single day - make this world a better place."

From BBC ● May 22, 2026

A promise for what this country strives to stand for.

From Slate ● May 22, 2026

Her given name was Nomzamo, which means one who strives or imdergoes trials, a name as prophetic as my own.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

For over three years, Jared Kushner has strived to build a set of luxury hotels and resorts in a corner of Eastern Europe that U.S. investors typically overlook.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026

"Pakistan has always strived for maintaining peace and stability in the region, but at the same time the safety and security of our citizens remains our top priority," he wrote on X.

From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026

Gellar also praised their fans for allowing them to enjoy a very private life at home with their children, noting that they have always strived to keep their more intimate family life behind closed doors.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 4, 2026

In a statement, Hampshire county council said it "strived to deliver the best for all children within our educational settings".

From BBC ● Feb. 24, 2026

I do believe mortals strived more heartily toward their goals, because they knew that time was of the essence.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman

SKW posted losses three years in a row as the country strove to wean itself off cheap Russian energy supplies.

From Barron's ● May 3, 2026

And, like you said, the pitfalls that you strove to avoid as you were coming up in this business.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2026

Sargeant over the years strove to convince U.S. policymakers that the best way to ensure energy security, stem the outflow of migrants and curb China was by working with Venezuelan authorities.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026

The City of Bulawayo, led by mayor David Coltart, said Mr Moyo would be remembered as an "iconic leader ... and creative" who "strove to champion the arts" in the city and beyond.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2025

He strove to find it and then it came of itself.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

Good fellowship was, if not assumed, then striven for.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 23, 2026

Where "Call of Duty" focuses on tighter, smaller skirmishes, Battlefield has always striven to create a more epic canvas.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2025

Sanders stressed that his office has striven to improve its crisis response by incorporating mental health co-responders, adding that dashboard and body-worn cameras help provide transparency.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 3, 2024

Emily — brash, naïve, and clad in metallic blue knee-high boots — held up an uncomfortable mirror of everything she had striven not to be.

From New York Times ● Jan. 20, 2023

Therefore, from the point of view of the new groups who were on the point of seizing power, human equality was no longer an ideal to be striven after, but a danger to be averted.

From "1984" by George Orwell

Mostly, though, she just wants to keep doing what she’s been striving for since we were kids — “I want, when you watch me, for you to feel like you’ve seen something magic happen.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026

In fact, Americans of all ages, backgrounds and incomes are striving for a better life, but say the rising cost of living prevents them from their aspirations, the researchers found.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026

To children, “Spirited Away” is about a little girl striving to find a way back home, a premise as familiar as “The Wizard of Oz.”

From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026

In its sense of upward lift, it speaks of striving and aspiration and of almost inexpressible yearning.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 2026

He had represented the limitless possibilities in us all by living his life, striving for those dreams that seemed to elude the neighborhood year after year.

From "Bodega Dreams" by Ernesto Quinonez