achieve
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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
Blockaders even developed a legal argument to justify their actions, drawing on the common law defense of necessity, which allows someone to break a law to achieve a greater moral good.
From Slate • Jun. 2, 2026
As in the 1982 war, it is unclear what a deeper incursion into Lebanese territory can achieve, analysts say.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026
Roughly half of drivers, mostly staff from the Aslef drivers' union, will turn up to work, having labelled the proposals "exactly the sort of deal every trade union should be trying to achieve".
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
The theory is, when black individuals achieve power for themselves, black people as a group benefit, as does society as a whole.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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