gain victory

Example Sentences

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“We will do everything to gain victory this year,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2023

“We will do everything to gain victory this year,” Zelensky said in a speech to Ukrainians this morning.

From New York Times • Feb. 24, 2023

The Federalists succeeded in electing their first leader, John Adams, to the presidency in 1796, only to see the Democratic- Republicans gain victory under Thomas Jefferson four years later in 1800.

From Textbooks • Jul. 28, 2021

The German Gerald Ciolek won a three-man tussle over the final 30 metres to gain victory in the weather-hit Milan-San Remo race.

From The Guardian • Mar. 17, 2013

There is a stem gagen, cagen, in Teutonic names, and which seems to be derived most probably from O.N. gagn, gain, victory.

From Surnames as a Science by Ferguson, Robert