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triumph

[trahy-uhmf, -uhmf] / ˈtraΙͺ Ι™mf, -ʌmf /






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The Blues endured a dismal campaign following that triumph, finishing 10th in the Premier League and ending the season without a trophy and failing to qualify for Europe.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

A gold medal at the 2025 world championships set the stage for her triumph at the Milano-Cortina Games.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

Ultimately, however, Attiah’s triumph over The Washington Post was not a First Amendment ruling.

From Salon ● Aug. 25, 2026

Wu missed several station visits after he was too late at a transfer, but getting to see his partner successfully complete the route he plotted felt like a triumph nonetheless.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

Near a jagged rock, Gwydion halted and gave a cry of triumph.

From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander

He playing a major role in the club's historic FA Cup and Conference League triumphs under former manager Oliver Glasner.

From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026

Davis’s public triumphs as a Heisman winner, All-American and the No. 1 pick in the 1962 National Football League draft stand beside Owens’s as proof that talent and character transcend bigotry.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

A Ballon d'Or, one European title, one Nations League, four Premier League trophies, one Champions League and numerous other domestic triumphs.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026

Anderson, the man behind such cinematic triumphs as the “Resident Evil” film franchise and “Alien vs. Predator,” both directors knew exactly how to push Neill to his most frightening limits.

From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026

It is one of the triumphs of the human that he can know a thing and still not believe it.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

But despite that lack of résumé, Graham triumphed on Tuesday.

From Slate ● Aug. 26, 2026

World number one and defending champion Scheffler, who had also triumphed in Memphis on Sunday, suffered a run of four bogeys through the opening seven holes, finding himself far down the field.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

Two or three years after “talking pictures” were introduced to the general public in 1927, they had triumphed absolutely.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

Mexico lost to England 3-2 in the World Cup Sunday night, yet thousands of Mexican Americans across Southern California took to the streets as if their team had triumphed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026

If we let these tragedies become growth experiences, if we learn from them, then we have in some way triumphed over the fear and anger and sorrow that death brings.

From "Tears of a Tiger" by Sharon M. Draper

While Osaka was away, Sabalenka finally had her breakthrough moment, triumphing at the 2023 Australian Open for her first Grand Slam title.

From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026

The Knicks ended up triumphing 130-93, a victory that sent the team to the NBA finals for the first time in 27 years.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 2, 2026

This kind of narrowing of the acceptable realm of conversation may have briefly led to a feeling that once marginalized groups were triumphing.

From Slate ● Mar. 31, 2026

Beethoven’s music improves Goethe, extracting its humanity and frailty, and Dudamel’s performance probed its profound inevitability of good triumphing over evil.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 2026

Yet the assumption that Lawrence and Teller would work together in unalloyed harmony turned out to be an instance of hope triumphing over reality.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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