The phrase "achieved the improbable" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation where someone has accomplished something that seemed unlikely or difficult to attain.
Example: "Against all odds, the team achieved the improbable by winning the championship after a series of setbacks."
Alternatives: "accomplished the unthinkable" or "realized the unlikely".
They have achieved the improbable feat of disarming tribesmen in a society where guns are considered indispensable emblems of manhood.
Which is more important right now: a road win at the Crew, a fellow middling Eastern Conference foe who the Fire trail by five points (with a game in hand), or a single-elimination U.S. Open Cup quarterfinal battle at home versus tournament darlings Orlando City, the third division (USL Pro) side who achieved the improbable by shutting out 2012 Cup champs Sporting Kansas City on the road?
It's really remarkable and this whole analysis could be an ode to these special founders and teams who are going the distance to achieve the improbable.
Under Mr. Nelson's direction, the production has achieved the deliciously improbable: it scales up understatement without shedding subtlety.
Beginning with Torre, they have over the last dozen years achieved the wildly improbable, somehow drawing a genial face on a bully franchise that for years was best known for belligerence, bombast and buying.
Home wins over Israel and Wales and a dramatic 3-2 vintory in Cyprus, achieved through the improbable medium of two goals by Deportivo de La Coruna's midfielder Haris Medunjanin, got them into the play-offs.
The story of Forest's improbable success is a familiar one but perhaps those who achieved the miracle will never get the full credit.
And he looks not at the history of any one company but at a series of episodes, each involving a different entity at a different time.In this way, Mr Litvin formerly an environment and resources correspondent of The Economist has achieved an improbable feat.
She achieved an improbable double by winning the coveted Man Booker Prize twice in the last four years, most recently in 2012, for the first two books of a planned trilogy about intrigue in the court of Henry VIII.
OMA's proposal won because it went to improbable lengths to achieve the city's aim, by lifting the entire building up in the air and creating a "cloud" of offices to hover over a heroic public forum.
