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Example sentences for: succeed

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By violating these taboos over and over, some succeed in defining themselves as rebels.
But enough has been said to show that the Southern Christian Leadership Conference was a cult of personality in which King's lieutenants covered up his sexual peccadilloes and vied obscenely for his attention and the chance to succeed him in the public eye.
Yet another VF article about Rupert Murdoch: It handicaps the race to succeed him.
To succeed, rock bands now either 1) fake an earnest devotion to kitschy music, or 2) earnestly devote themselves to inauthentic, radio-friendly music.
"One man's resolve has played the lion's share of ensuring he has not been allowed to succeed."