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succeed

[suhk-seed] / səkˈsid /




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The deal must still be ratified in a vote of the plant’s roughly 970 hourly workers, which isn’t guaranteed to succeed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Oil prices were edging down early on Tuesday as President Donald Trump appeared to succeed in persuading Israel and Iran to pause fighting.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

This was in response to his grandfather’s quotation: “You can never succeed when you have hate on your mind.”

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026

"With an Ajax 2 package of upgrades now in development at an unknown cost, the PAC awaits to see, more in hope than expectation, whether these endeavours will succeed," the report states.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

They gave me advice on how to succeed in America, yet cling to my Dinka ways.

From "Lost Boy, Lost Girl" by John Bul Dau




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