striving

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The stock is 31% off its most recent 52-week high, and this week is striving for its first back-to-back weekly gains of 2026.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

Companies in the AI race are striving to perfect the technology, but they have not eliminated the possibility of errors such as "hallucinations" in which fabricated output is confidently presented.

From Barron's • Mar. 15, 2026

For the Athenians, demokratia, literally “people power,” meant endlessly striving to find ways of harnessing the tendency of leaders toward autocracy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 8, 2026

“But on the other hand, I’m also striving for bigger things and reaching a bit higher than that. So it’s kind of balancing the two, trying to stay grounded and focus on what’s at hand.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026

I had spent the week exploring this city, walking through its vacant lots, watching the aimless boys, sitting in the pews of the striving churches, reeling before the street murals to the dead.

From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates