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driven

[driv-uhn] / ˈdrɪv ən /


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Driven to deliver the title for Ukraine, Kostyuk will head into her semi-final on a 17-match winning streak on the clay this season.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

The Roaring ’20s: Driven by easy credit and an industrial build-out of new technologies like the radio and the telephone, this historic bubble peaked on Sept. 3, 1929.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026

Driven in large part by the market’s quantum fever, it is ultimately IBM’s software business that is turning its “very nice price” into a historic one.

From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026

Activist hedge fund ADW Capital is offering $18 a share to buy Meineke owner Driven Brands for nearly $3 billion.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

Driven off course, the captain sought shelter next to a rocky, barren, almost totally uninhabited small island that in ancient times had been called both Aeigilia and Cerigotto, but which now was called Antikythera.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler




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