double achievement
Americannoun
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The says a poem by the late Communist leader Mao Zedong is cited in foreign media to describe the double achievement.
From BBC
That is an unwanted double achievement that Vancouver and Canada will be striving to avoid this time around.
From BBC
And now, palpably mistress of any size of man, and triumphing in my double achievement of pleasure and revenge, I abandoned myself entirely to the ideas of all the delight I had swam in.
From Project Gutenberg
Ninety thousand pounds was a small price to pay for the double achievement of reconciling a model State and wiping out a stain upon England's honour.
From Project Gutenberg
St. Simon could not compete in the classic races in consequence of the death of his owner, and all through his racing career he was not put to any severe test of speed, or most likely his name would have represented the double achievement of being a famous racer, and the sire of famous racers too.
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