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If the policy fight to ensure local security arrangements had succeeded, these catastrophes most likely would have been avoided—as they can be avoided now.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026

McSweeney had succeeded Sue Gray, who left the role in October 2024 just months after Labour won the general election.

From BBC • Feb. 9, 2026

If it had succeeded, it would have been the chronically unstable west African country's third coup in four years.

From Barron's • Jan. 20, 2026

Moore noted that scientists have discussed using bioluminescence to study brain activity for decades, but until now, no one had succeeded in making the light bright enough for detailed imaging.

From Science Daily • Dec. 19, 2025

Fred Hirschy’s family was proud of him, as a pioneer farmer who had succeeded under difficult conditions.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond