noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
achieve
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Three women were to achieve national renown in this decade, two of them as sculptors, and one as Christmas-card Laureate.
win
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Grown to young manhood, Krishna killed his tyrant uncle and won universal renown .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Speakers of international renown will attend the conference.
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The general's victories won him renown throughout the country.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And away he went, crashing through their bed to victory and renown .
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He was jealous of Voltaire's renown , but his judgment of him, not entirely favourable, was sound enough.
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Its pecan pie enjoys some renown in these here parts as well.
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Meanwhile Malekith had begun his many journeys and won renown .
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Molyneux built on Richmond's earlier successes and became a figure of public renown .
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She begins her career under the tutelage of her father, another artist of some talent but not much renown .
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That means either scouring the nation for a candidate of lesser renown , or hiring from within.
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There was Lord Scarman of liberal renown , but also Lord Devlin.