strive

“Everyone has their own thing ... I think we complement each other and push each other to strive for greatness.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

Posting on X, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said: "We must strive to compel the enemy to remain committed to what it has signed."

From Barron's ● Aug. 2, 2026

By rubber-stamping a fourth term despite these toxic scandals, football's governing bodies are showing they are content to sit in rotten squalor rather than strive for something better.

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026

The play follows the pair of brothers as they strive for success in the theatrical world amid William Shakespeare’s unstoppable rise.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026

All my life I had done nothing but feel and cultivate my feelings; all their lives they had done nothing but strive for petty goals, the trivial material prizes of American life.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright

World football's governing body FIFA, responding to a question from AFP, said it "is committed to respecting all internationally recognized human rights and strives to promote the protection of these rights."

From Barron's ● May 26, 2026

"He wants us to be better, and that's exactly what I, my family, and I hope every single other person here strives to do every single day - make this world a better place."

From BBC ● May 22, 2026

A promise for what this country strives to stand for.

From Slate ● May 22, 2026

In his immensely engaging book, “This Vast Enterprise,” Craig Fehrman strives to capture the motivations, values and ideas of the individuals who contributed to this multifaceted historical event.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026

The alpha male strives to maintain social harmony within his troop.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari

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

World Rugby, the WRU and the RFU previously said that they "constantly strived to safeguard" future, current and former players.

From BBC ● Mar. 5, 2026

“You have absolutely no clue what I went through. You have no clue how hard I have strived in life to make it to where I am at today.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2025

She strived to maintain a link with outside reform work to avoid being “wholly absorbed in a narrow family selfishness.”

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling

Both Haig and Maras strove to be as historically accurate as possible, even including archival footage from the war.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026

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

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

There were some carers who strove to make the lives of residents better and who managed to carve out time in their busy days to engage but those moments were few and far between.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2025

In that role, Rabi strove to present a reasoned counterbalance to Strauss’s unrelenting opposition to a test ban.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

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

Sanders stressed that his office has striven to improve its crisis response by incorporating mental health co-responders, adding that dashboard and body-worn cameras help provide transparency.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 3, 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

His lordship has always striven to aid better understanding between nations.'

From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro

Mostly, though, she just wants to keep doing what she’s been striving for since we were kids — “I want, when you watch me, for you to feel like you’ve seen something magic happen.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026

In fact, Americans of all ages, backgrounds and incomes are striving for a better life, but say the rising cost of living prevents them from their aspirations, the researchers found.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026

To children, “Spirited Away” is about a little girl striving to find a way back home, a premise as familiar as “The Wizard of Oz.”

From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026

The film is a story of urban striving set against the backdrop of an emerging crop of skyscrapers, and to stand out from the crowds within them is the protagonist’s ardent ambition.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026

“Boethius will show you that striving is ultimately meaningless, that we must learn to accept. Ask Miss O’Hara about him.”

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole