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 Robert Ferguson
