working toward

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“I can count on one hand the number of repairs I’ve needed and I’ve never been stranded,” said Gleeson, a former software engineer who is now working toward a master’s degree in social work.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

“What we are working toward is not a rejection of multilateralism, but putting clarity and results over inefficiency and hollow words,” a senior State Department official, Michael G. DeSombre, told the U.N.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

Srinivasan, for his part, has been working toward something like this for years.

From Salon • Apr. 23, 2026

The city is also working toward a goal of becoming carbon neutral by 2045.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

Meanwhile, Garfield's Ohio political friends had been working toward winning him a seat in the U.S.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow