successive
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The list also includes two Cambodian senators and a Chinese adviser to successive Cambodian prime ministers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026
As City close in, the prospect of Arteta's Arsenal finishing second in the Premier League for a fourth successive season is an increasingly painful possibility.
From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026
Supporters have good reason to be anxious heading into the final part of the title race after three successive second-place finishes and a 22-year wait for a top-flight title.
From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026
One of the issues he identifies in the U.K. is that successive pieces of legislation have complicated data collection.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026
Writing a story was a hopeless, puny enterprise when such powerful and chaotic forces were turning about her, and when all day long successive events had absorbed or transformed what had gone before.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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Vocabulary lists containing successive
Siddhartha
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