strive

"Being at this club, you've got to strive to win," said Carrick.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026

Perlis, an artist, radio host and Marin native, doesn’t strive for sociological or demographic explanations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

“We strive to set the highest standards for pay and we require that all supply chain partners adhere to our code of conduct. Furthermore, Shein works with auditors to ensure compliance,” the company said.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026

It has important implications in areas such as sales, where companies strive toward “zero latency” as they tend to customer needs, Stav Levi-Neumark, co-founder and CEO of Alta, told me last year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

“I stand corrected, my sweetling. Our Yunkish friends were kind enough to provide us with a chart. I must strive to be more assiduous about consulting it.”

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

When the Strait of Hormuz is closed, some of the global energy supply that passes through it is redirected to Bab al-Mandab, a roughly 20-mile-wide strait the Yemeni government strives to protect.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

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

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

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

"Pakistan has always strived for maintaining peace and stability in the region, but at the same time the safety and security of our citizens remains our top priority," he wrote on X.

From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026

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

"It is time for me to join the party which best represents the views of myself and the people of St Helens in order to act on the improvements I have long strived for."

From BBC ● Jan. 14, 2026

Musicians strived to create music that was different and to stand out at talent contests.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 24, 2025

To produce the kind of landscape effects Olmsted strived to create required not months but years, even decades.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

Southgate decided on his penalty takers well in advance based on that training, and strove publicly to take full accountability to take any blame away from his players.

From BBC ● Jul. 1, 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

Like Ronald Reagan and George Shultz, Cheney believed in free markets and America’s founding principles, and he strove to deflect crises that could endanger them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2025

Hodge calls the Cornell-educated actor “a genius” and says she strove to pull Riri’s dialogue up to the level of Thorne’s intellect, rather than the other way around.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2025

Shadrach strove to bring lightness into his voice.

From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt

Good fellowship was, if not assumed, then striven for.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 23, 2026

Where "Call of Duty" focuses on tighter, smaller skirmishes, Battlefield has always striven to create a more epic canvas.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 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

While California lawmakers have striven to balance the need to support the cryptocurrency industry and protect consumers, recent legislation has hewed toward tighter state regulation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2023

And with what had might he had striven for tenure!

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen

“It’s about striving for perfection, which, of course, is impossible. But that doesn’t mean you can’t reach for it,” says Ian.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

The U.S. should counter this advantage by treating the industrial capacity of trusted allies as an extension of its own rather than striving for self-sufficiency.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026

Millennial television’s leads are also constantly striving to hit adult milestones, established either by their elders or their own anxious minds.

From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026

Among other things, he said the organisation was striving to better protect motorcycle taxi drivers who transport patients, and integrate them into the surveillance system.

From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026

Her lips were parted, and she was breathing—not softly as usual with her, but in long, heavy gasps, as though striving to get her lungs full at every breath.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker