achieve
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Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass took office four years ago with a reputation as a coalition builder — someone capable of bringing competing factions together to achieve a common goal.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026
Ofcom's threshold of "good performance" was far lower than average 4G speeds - but mobile networks still failed to achieve them most of the time.
From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026
A blistering rally for the S&P 500’s tech stocks—up 36.3% over April and May—has more than outweighed a slump in energy companies, helping the index achieve a 16.3% total return.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026
And while the sale resulted in a significant profit on the original purchase price, the property did not manage to achieve its very lofty initial asking price of $2.9 million.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026
The selective breeding of the strongest, smartest, “fittest” humans—unnatural selection—Galton imagined, could achieve over just a few decades what nature had been attempting for eons.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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