Meanings of won the post in English

If only so-and-so had won the post!

France and Sweden reportedly opposed Brazil's candidate to lead the World Trade Organization, who won the post last month.

He anointed long-time protege Dmitry Medvedev as his favoured successor and Mr Medvedev resoundingly won the post in March.

James won the post as a result of sheer hard work and ambition, according to his proud mother, Mary Waldron.

It had taken a couple of tries before she won the post, in 1991, but Preckwinkle was popular, her seat secure.

He won the post-graduate scholarship in soil science to Cambridge where he was awarded the Diploma in Agriculture of Cambridge University.

The Quartet's special envoy is former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, who won the post partly on his record as a peacemaker in Northern Ireland.

Then I won the post-game raffle, took the beer home without offering to share, and didn't get on the team sheet ever again.)