goal
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If you’ve spent decades building something strong and secure, the goal now isn’t to make it dramatically bigger.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026
The goal, he says, is to supplant independent academic research with “an entire system of pseudoscience and grift.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
A goal and assist against Mexico followed, before he scored against Australia in the last 16, a penalty in the quarter-final tie with the Netherlands and another from the spot against Croatia in the semi-finals.
From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026
The Swiss drugmaker said an early and mid-stage study for the drug, del-brax, in rare genetic disease facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy met its primary goal.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
Quinby clawed near those trees with utter certainty she’d reach her goal.
From "Willodeen" by Katherine Applegate
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