achieve
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"Our results give me some optimism that we can achieve wildlife-coexistence through more nuanced policies that more smartly consider where and when we need to give animals space," Oliver said.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 28, 2026
But it must also be read as the story of an exemplary life and as proof of what courage can achieve when circumstances push a man to his limits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
"If something positive can come from this unbearable loss that we're suffering, that's all we look to achieve."
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
Polls show most Americans still want to achieve homeownership, but the majority of people who want to buy a home “are not in a strong financial position to do that,” Salviati said.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
The theory is, when black individuals achieve power for themselves, black people as a group benefit, as does society as a whole.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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Neil: Hopefully he helps the team progress and achieves Euro 2028 qualification.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
As the company achieves notable growth — sales more than doubled in the latest quarter — it’s also impressing Wall Street with its profit performance.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026
FKT is short for the “fastest known time” that a person or small group achieves on a particular course, usually somewhere it would be difficult or impossible to host an actual race.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
If SpaceX achieves that goal, it could become the most powerful and cost effective launch vehicle ever built.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 11, 2026
Found only in Ireland, it achieves a height of up to six inches and is green in colour.
From "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" by J.K. Rowling
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In a new paper, "Sampling hard circuits with verifiably high fidelity," the researchers describe how they achieved both goals using a newly designed form of encoded quantum circuit.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026
This downtrodden expanse of the Antelope Valley unexpectedly achieved a remarkable turnaround last year, reducing by more than half the number of recreational vehicles squatting on its back roads.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
For the quarter ended June, its key gastro endoscopes division achieved an operating-profit margin of about 23%, which was better than the U.S. bank had expected.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
The sessions allow a free-flowing conversation about how the patient feels, what help they would like and how that may be achieved.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
Her dark, pert face showed satisfaction, as if she had achieved something of worth.
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
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Germany has a legally binding goal of achieving greenhouse gas neutrality by 2045.
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
Nearly 9.8 million investors sought a piece of the company ahead of its debut, with fewer than one in 5,000 achieving success.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
These officials said that price pressures remained broad-based and judged that the Fed should adopt a more restrictive policy stance to meet its commitment to achieving its 2% inflation target.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026
Judge Huw Rees said it was "inexplicable" why someone would want to drive at such "extreme" speeds, let alone why a car would be capable of achieving those speeds.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
For me, becoming isn’t about arriving somewhere or achieving a certain aim.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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