strive

So whether they end it with you or vice versa, that’s an outcome that you should actually strive for if the person isn’t a good fit.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026

"Being at this club, you've got to strive to win," said Carrick.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026

Young men, faced with a choice to strive and suffer on behalf of teammates, build virtue not chiefly through deliberation but through action.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

I was haunted by the notion that I didn’t know what to even strive for.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

She wouldn’t be bothered with parents who bragged about their children’s accomplishments, yet she insisted we strive for the highest professional goals.

From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride

Being a top-notched defender is what James strives to be for the Lakers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

When the Strait of Hormuz is closed, some of the global energy supply that passes through it is redirected to Bab al-Mandab, a roughly 20-mile-wide strait the Yemeni government strives to protect.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

Chesney called Martin an unbelievable leader and said that his energy will give people a window into what his program strives to look like.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

Those who know him well - or covered his playing career for many years - will describe him as a curious person who strives to do everything to the best of his ability.

From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2026

Ironically, his struggle is the reverse of an actor’s struggle—he strives not to enter a part but to escape it.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy

Gellar also praised their fans for allowing them to enjoy a very private life at home with their children, noting that they have always strived to keep their more intimate family life behind closed doors.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 4, 2026

But last July, the government said it had been informed by the US defense department that the deliveries to Switzerland would be delayed as Washington strived to provide more support for Ukraine.

From Barron's ● Apr. 1, 2026

"It is time for me to join the party which best represents the views of myself and the people of St Helens in order to act on the improvements I have long strived for."

From BBC ● Jan. 14, 2026

“I have always strived to adhere to company policies and provide the very best service to my clients,” he said in a statement earlier this month.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 25, 2025

She considered herself a passionate observer who strived to understand the wonders God had created.

From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman

SKW posted losses three years in a row as the country strove to wean itself off cheap Russian energy supplies.

From Barron's ● May 3, 2026

In the era of high-risk high-reward batting, where contributions were not measured in milestones, Samson became the folk hero who strove only for high impact and was rewarded with consistency by the cricketing gods.

From BBC ● Mar. 9, 2026

Sargeant over the years strove to convince U.S. policymakers that the best way to ensure energy security, stem the outflow of migrants and curb China was by working with Venezuelan authorities.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026

Hodge calls the Cornell-educated actor “a genius” and says she strove to pull Riri’s dialogue up to the level of Thorne’s intellect, rather than the other way around.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2025

Matt tried to ignore Maria’s soft whimpers as she strove not to draw attention to herself.

From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer

He has striven to place Cohere as a sovereign alternative in both the European and Asian markets.

From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026

Europeans have striven this year to maintain U.S. backing for Ukraine—or at least blunt a reduction in U.S. support.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 27, 2025

Under authoritarian leader and ardent nationalist Xi Jinping, the government has striven to assert China’s power in international affairs, including through culture and language.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 16, 2024

Emily — brash, naïve, and clad in metallic blue knee-high boots — held up an uncomfortable mirror of everything she had striven not to be.

From New York Times ● Jan. 20, 2023

And with what had might he had striven for tenure!

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen

However, Guest warns striving for a sculpted stomach could "feed into people's insecurities".

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

It is striving to begin delivering vehicles to European customers by the end of 2027.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026

In 2004, Mr. Nordlinger wrote an article in National Review in which he called Indian-Americans “entrepreneurial, hard-working, striving, traditionalist, family-oriented, religious, assimilationist, patriotic”—therefore natural GOP voters.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

“It’s about striving for perfection, which, of course, is impossible. But that doesn’t mean you can’t reach for it,” says Ian.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

She and I could live most pleasantly in some moldy shack in the slums in a state of ambitionless peace, realizing contentedly that we were unwanted, that striving was meaningless.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole