Example Sentences

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Making noise, online and in local government meetings, is where organizers are succeeding across the country in their goals of stopping new center construction.

From Salon • Jun. 12, 2026

But in their own small way, the Knights of Peter Claver O.C. are succeeding.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 22, 2025

Harry Brook and Jamie Smith have sound techniques and are succeeding in their slots at five and seven.

From BBC • Oct. 27, 2024

But analysts say Le Pen and her party are succeeding in shifting public discourse and perceptions.

From Reuters • Nov. 15, 2023

“But I try to concentrate on only the big result and to forget that they are succeeding, too. I tty to pretend that they are not significant.”

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller