succeeded

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In “Lost Worlds: How Humans Tried, Failed, Succeeded, and Built Our World,” he speaks for the ordinary people of the past in their concrete reality.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

Succeeded Smith as captain and was the first Liverpool skipper to lift the European Cup.

From BBC • May 24, 2022

February 2006: Succeeded Tom DeLay as majority leader, the House’s No. 2 Republican, when DeLay was indicted on improper fundraising charges and stepped aside.

From Washington Times • Sep. 26, 2015

From Hamsters to Wizards, Weirdness That Succeeded THE advertising business is like a proverbial three-legged stool, supported by agencies, the media and marketers.

From New York Times • Oct. 4, 2012

Succeeded to the throne on the death of her uncle, William IV, 1837.

From The Makers of Canada: Index and Dictionary of Canadian History by Various