to reach
to reach
/ˈɹitʃ/
verbClick to see examples
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Success is about reaching for something—and getting it.
Or they may have great ambition but lack the means to reach their goals.
This status anxiety fuels the ambition needed to reach for success.
compromise
compromise
/ˈkɑmpɹəˌmaɪz/
nounClick to see examples
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There's no question that cloaked in the language of compromise are big, bold, huge progressive ideas.
There's some compromises.
So that was considered a compromise.
to accomplish
to accomplish
/əˈkɑmpɫɪʃ/
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What did you accomplish and what are you most proud of?
What would you like to continue doing and what else do you hope to accomplish?"
Even the little things that I have accomplished right now with push for closed captioning and what have you.
to secure
to secure
/sɪkˈjʊɹ/
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But if you want to secure one, you're going to need to hurry.
Trump secured $365 million from a consortium of banks to make a bid for the Eastern Shuttle.
Already, Tesla has secured the right to mine lithium on 10,000 acres of land in Nevada.
breakthrough
breakthrough
/ˈbɹeɪkˌθɹu/
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It later came out in a lawsuit that Nikola intended to obtain this breakthrough technology by acquiring battery company ZapGo.
This would be a huge breakthrough for people with chronic conditions like diabetes.
There is, however, promising potential for a new breakthrough in ultraviolet tech that could help.
to achieve
to achieve
/əˈtʃiv/
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The principles of hydroponics are simple, and very little special knowledge or equipment is needed to achieve success.
Fame in a Foreign Language: Joseph Conrad Literary success is hard enough to achieve in one's native language.
Thus, ants provide an excellent illustration of how simple devices can achieve complex results.
to realize
to realize
/ˈɹiəˌɫaɪz/
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When did you realize that you were wrong?'
I now realize we have been wrong about Louisa.' '
Then in the afternoon I realized we were driving through countryside.
to attain
to attain
/əˈteɪn/
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It is about attaining something that is valued by others.
Since that merger, Costco has attained explosive growth.
How we attain that balance is still very much an open question.
to fulfill
to fulfill
/fʊɫˈfɪɫ/
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And right now, Trump is waiting to see if China will fulfill its obligation.
A new line of vehicles meant to help fulfill Akio Toyoda is no more boring car's mandate.
Kaikeyi goes to Dasartha, and begs him to fulfill the promise he made years before.
to manage
to manage
/ˈmænədʒ/, /ˈmænɪdʒ/
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Then one year he managed to get a new and better job at another university.
Although she could hardly speak, she had recently managed to express a wish to see me.
I am no bird, but a free human being,' and I managed to break away. '
to abandon
to abandon
/əˈbændən/
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Consider the hundreds of abandoned statues.
My own mother abandoned me.
Abandon a child in the streets, like I was abandoned.

to collapse
to collapse
/kəˈɫæps/
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to falter
to falter
/ˈfɔɫtɝ/
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Some industry watchers have also seen the brand falter slightly on other metrics.
The enemy is faltering but he is not yet beaten.
Attacks on Europe faltered.
to fold
to fold
/ˈfoʊɫd/
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You know, the ones that actually kind of fold a little bit.
Many carpet businesses In Istanbul have folded.
Fold the first sheet with you and your rackmate now.
to fall through
to fall through
/fˈɔːl θɹˈuː/
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Why is YouTube letting things fall through the crack?
Next month, we've got some plans that just fell through today and I'm very excited.
But the deal fell through, and GM shut down all manufacturing and sales of Hummer.
to misfire
to misfire
/mɪsˈfaɪɝ/
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That causes your ganglion cells to misfire random signals, and you see those little dots and flashes.
In another incident while President, one Richard Lawrence attempted to assassinate Jackson, but his guns misfired.
Electrical therapy likely works because depression seems to stem from when the brain's regular electrical signals misfire.
to attempt
to attempt
/əˈtɛmpt/
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What have you ever done to actually attempt to fix it?
Because for Vlogmas I was attempting to upload every single day.
This is actually my second time attempting BetterHelp.
to overcome
to overcome
/ˈoʊvɝˌkəm/
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But believe me, I have overcome this weakness of mine, and become as hard as a rock.
I realized he had managed to overcome what he called his weakness.
But the still fairly small scale of the business isn't the only hurdle Adam's had to overcome.
to struggle
to struggle
/ˈstɹəɡəɫ/
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Don't struggle, Jane, like a wild restless bird!' '
I had been struggling with tears for some time and now I let them flow freely.
Not really struggling with accessibility.
obstacle
obstacle
/ˈɑbstəkəɫ/
nounClick to see examples
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That price presents an obstacle for expanding this business.
This group begins with an enhanced obstacle course.
I don't know why you're smiling when you're struggling with a simple obstacle.
to progress
to progress
/ˈpɹɑˌɡɹɛs/, /pɹəˈɡɹɛs/, /pɹoʊˈɡɹɛs/
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But that may not be the case for China, and it looks like they're still progressing.
As the 2000s progressed, consumer habits shifted away from the department store altogether.
You see what progress they have made!
advancement
advancement
/ədˈvænsmənt/
nounClick to see examples
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Carlo was an automotive engineer who made advancements that served Maserati after his untimely death in 1910.
And with the advancement in technologies like continuous glucose monitors, traditional pumps are evolving into smarter devices.
Thanks to these advancements, there are many folding phones on the market today.
fulfilment
fulfilment
/fʊlfˈɪlmənt/
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As a result, he was completely dedicated to the fulfilment of the Fuhrer’s goals.
What broken part of us can’t leave a lack of fulfilment alone?
But we didn't get that sense of fulfilment.
underdog
underdog
/ˈəndɝˌdɔɡ/
nounClick to see examples
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A surprising underdog candidate won the day: the light water reactor.
Bush is now the third underdog to get a boost from the caucuses.
Clay is a seven-to-one underdog.
prosperous
prosperous
/ˈpɹɑspɝəs/
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If the economy is healthy and the people are prosperous, our defenses will be strong.
The rare fish make the fisherman a very prosperous man.
The tiny prosperous city state has expanded its land mass by about 25 percent in recent years.
to thrive
to thrive
/ˈθɹaɪv/
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He's thriving, he's really happy doing really well.
And the industry thrived selling papyrus art to tourists.
But to thrive, in certain social circles.
triumph
triumph
/ˈtɹaɪəmf/
nounClick to see examples
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followed by Suleyman the Magnificent’s series of triumphs across the Middle East 5.
And it's just a triumph of the will.
But here, in a triumph of hindsight, we are.

disappointingly
disappointingly
/dɪsəˈpɔɪnɪŋɫi/, /dɪsəˈpɔɪntɪŋɫi/
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unsuccessfully
unsuccessfully
/ˌənsəkˈsɛsfəɫi/
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Lee’s father was an attorney who unsuccessfully defended two African American men accused of murder.
The party tried unsuccessfully to get out of it for many years.
Frances was being unsuccessfully courted by another author and journalist, Rufus W. Griswold, keep an eye on him.
brilliantly
brilliantly
/ˈbɹɪɫjəntɫi/
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Even people who hated the idea had to agree that it works brilliantly.
He didn't know if he could pull it off before he started, but he did it brilliantly.
And he is an interesting person, and they cast him brilliantly.
