succeeding

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"The arms market is quite a delicate thing and succeeding there with one swift move or a single tour ... is very difficult," Magda said.

From Barron's • Mar. 28, 2026

Tudor, who has had nothing to celebrate since succeeding sacked Thomas Frank, pumped his fists in delight towards the travelling Spurs fans, who celebrated wildly as their team finally got the reward they merited.

From BBC • Mar. 15, 2026

It also comes after Iran’s new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, broke his silence for the first time as the country’s supreme leader since succeeding his father, Ali Khamenei, was killed in an air strike.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 13, 2026

He later attended a school for the children of the top leaders of the revolution in Tehran as his father moved up through the ranks of the new regime before succeeding Khomeini as supreme leader.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 2026

In 1868, former Union general Ulysses Grant was elected president, succeeding Andrew Johnson.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow