attain

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Pereira was arrested in his room at an asylum hotel in Uxbridge, west London, and told officers about his "long and tireless battle with the Home Office to try to attain asylum", said the prosecutor.

From BBC • Feb. 28, 2026

Devising a strategy to attain your goals — and following through — is within your control.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 13, 2026

The ship would, over time, attain legendary status and prompt the widespread belief, on at least three continents, that it was, as Mr. Sancton writes, “the most valuable shipwreck in history.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 21, 2026

Considering Apple’s sweeping base of roughly 2.4 billion users, “we believe incremental gains from technology upgrade cycles will become more difficult to attain, much less move the needle,” Fairbanks continued.

From Barron's • Jan. 2, 2026

The only sustaining support possible for the human spirit, the one pure unsullied good men can hope to attain, is heroism; and heroism depends on lost causes.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton