succeeding
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“Those efforts are succeeding and it’s giving us opportunity to reconsider engaging in close proximity to implement some of the concepts...to mitigate this thing,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2026
What’s Next: The Senate is expected to vote as early as today to confirm Warsh as the next Fed chair, succeeding Jerome Powell, whose term in that role ends on Friday.
From Barron's • May 13, 2026
Yet the company stagnated while Amazon ate its lunch, first dominating online retailing, then entering and succeeding at a diner menu of related businesses, from logistics to cloud computing to on-demand streaming media.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026
Chesney echoed the sentiment, saying building on the intensity and development from the spring, rather than starting again during the summer, will be key to the Bruins succeeding during the season.
From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2026
I kept on edge, trying to stifle my feelings and never quite succeeding, a prey to guilt and fear because I felt that the boss suspected that I resented what I saw.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
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