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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of triumph.

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Examples

  • Mr. Baldwin triumphed over financial struggles and the thorny aspects of being a sensitive person living among a crowd of debonair friends and clients.

    A Real American Hero David Netto 2010

  • DNA Electronics, a spin-out of Imperial College London, triumphed from a shortlist of five other finalists to be named winner by an independent panel of judges in recognition of its innovative technology and intellectual property strategy.

    Press Releases 2009

  • DNA Electronics, a spinout of Imperial College London, triumphed from a shortlist of five other finalists to be named winner by an independent panel of judges in recognition of its innovative technology and intellectual property strategy.

    Aktuellste Pressemeldungen der PresseBox 2009

  • Then you had films like Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Friday the 13th, where the villain triumphed; that wasn’t supposed to happen, either.

    A Christmas Clarification joxn 2005

  • When she wins a state that she was heavily expected to win, she 'triumphed' over Obama and it was a huge win.

    Clinton faces uphill battle in North Carolina 2008

  • Despite that, the one place where he and FDR truly "triumphed" was in enlisting the support of leading writers and intellectuals for government planning and intervention.

    Five Myths About the Great Depression 2008

  • I don't know what history books Rummy is reading but the fact is the United States has never "triumphed" in a war that was unpopular at home -- Remember Vietnam?

    Joseph A. Palermo: Promising Signs As Obama's Cabinet Shapes Up 2008

  • Democracy will not have "triumphed" until its lessons can be applied-with imagination and realism-in that crucial process of construction.

    Limits Of Democracy 2008

  • The irony is that the free market economy 'triumphed' over the planned economy of socialism because, among other things, of its superior capacity for innovation and learning.

    CONTENTS 2007

  • The irony is that the free market economy 'triumphed' over the planned economy of socialism because, among other things, of its superior capacity for innovation and learning.

    A different kind of economic system is being born 2007

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