goal
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For a whole campaign a title-winning team's players have been working hard towards the goal of winning the league and the moment it is achieved will understandably feel like a huge success and relief.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
Their goal is to identify effective treatments and determine the best timing for possible interventions.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026
His next goal: call a game on consecutive days, just as a relief pitcher has to prove he can pitch on consecutive days.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
“Our whole goal is to not take away as much as we can from the story of the restaurant and the story of the people,” Neff said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
The boy—and then the man—had one salient cognitive goal, although he didn’t express it openly: He wanted to understand.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
“I think that one of the goals of the arc for these two guys is that they really don’t like each other at the beginning,” says Chandler.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
Critics are censuring Mr. Warsh for turning his back on those goals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
Hugo Ekitike scored his first of 17 goals in his debut season for Liverpool - but Jeremie Frimpong did not enjoy a great first campaign after netting.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
And for all that, it turns out that government can’t achieve the goals anyway.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
For the rest of that week, in the back of my mind I was reflecting on what my true goals might be for my Olympic experience.
From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles
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