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fulfill

[fool-fil] / fʊlˈfɪl /


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"For a two-set match, you have to hit at least 250 serves to be ready. He couldn't fulfill a full match in practice - his body and elbow wouldn't allow him."

From BBC Jul. 6, 2026

In other words, Folayan concludes, the Pasha’s reaction was logical: Since the Americans had not fulfilled their contract, he did not consider himself obligated to fulfill his.

From Salon Jul. 4, 2026

I’m originally from Mexico, and when you come here, really feel like everybody has opportunity to really just fulfill whatever dream or whatever purpose God has for you.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 2, 2026

Senior officials “agreed to emphasize in its communications that the bank remains ready to respond to changing economic circumstances to fulfill its commitment to price stability.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 24, 2026

DELPHI: No. To fulfill the prophecy, this has to be you, not a puppet of you.

From "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" by J.K. Rowling

In other words, Folayan concludes, the Pasha’s reaction was logical: Since the Americans had not fulfilled their contract, he did not consider himself obligated to fulfill his.

From Salon Jul. 4, 2026

Ballmer admits introducing Leonard to Aspiration executives but has denied that he knew details of the endorsement deal that Leonard never fulfilled.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 29, 2026

A knock-on effect of this would be a deterioration of the problems already ongoing in the private-credit space, wherein many investor redemption requests could not be fulfilled owing to liquidity constraints.

From MarketWatch Jun. 29, 2026

The next day, Gibson got word that Cliffwater had fulfilled the entire request.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 20, 2026

Watching, I am simply emptied, and in the dream I want to cry out, because she is something I can never be, some possibility in my life that can never be fulfilled.

From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston

“My imagined audience is of people in America who are not addicted to politics but are addicted to good citizenship and the idea of fulfilling their civic virtue,” Stirewalt said in a recent interview.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 2026

But the life-altering event comes not in the form of fulfilling her life’s dream, but as an unexpected cancer diagnosis, handed to her just as she’s scheduled to wrap production on her short.

From Salon Jun. 29, 2026

The 38-year-old maintenance engineer who lives in Ontario, Canada, figured this year’s tournament would be his best shot at fulfilling a lifelong dream to attend a World Cup.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 25, 2026

Once in office Labour took its time fulfilling the promise until a workable alternative was found.

From BBC Jun. 22, 2026

Everybody was essentially himself—was riotously busy fulfilling the vagaries of human nature.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White




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