as in to carry out
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Indonesia’s last executions, of a citizen and three foreigners, were carried out in July 2016.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
22 Oct. 2025 -
The promise of artificial intelligence is that the desktop will disappear entirely and users will only interact with a chatbot or a voice that will carry out their bidding through plain language alone, morphing the entire computer into an anthropomorphized character.—
Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
22 Oct. 2025
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Meanwhile, Morgan's hopes of pulling off her surprise for Uncle Tommy get sacked.—
Emlyn Travis,
Entertainment Weekly,
24 Oct. 2025
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Dragunov pulled off the win to capture his first singles title on the main roster.—
Fernando Quiles Jr,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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Activists, ministers, and community members came and went, day and night, their booming voices carrying off into the Philadelphia air.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
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These are fed through a hopper into the reactor vessel to produce a self-regulating fission reaction and are cooled by helium gas that carries off the heat to a heat exchanger to generate steam for electrical generators.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
20 Oct. 2025
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This sort of commercial imagery has accomplished something truly new, something the CORONA engineers could only have dreamed about.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
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The logistical feat those intrepid women accomplished staggers the mind of any contemporary author.—
Adrian Miller,
Southern Living,
28 Oct. 2025
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The display area matches the size of a human pupil and achieves a resolution beyond 25,000 pixels per inch (ppi), which is about 150 times denser than most smartphone screens.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Oct. 2025
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Through several calculations of length, width, and depth, Manzur achieves these different sizes while guaranteeing that each basin can hold an equivalent volume of water.—
Mario Rodriguez,
Miami Herald,
23 Oct. 2025
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During pre-season training, Portsmouth’s players were put through a series of tests, including a 1,500m run, in which Colby had led the way, running alongside club captain Marlon Pack, one of his closest friends in football.—
Tom Burrows,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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There’s a masochism element of loving being put through the ringer in some capacity.—
Jason Pham,
StyleCaster,
22 Oct. 2025
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Each formation has its own strengths and weaknesses, and can vary significantly depending on the roles a manager is asking their players to fulfil.—
Mark Carey,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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King Charles and Queen Camilla are fulfilling a commitment that was originally scheduled during Charles' visit to Rome in April.—
Simon Perry,
PEOPLE,
23 Oct. 2025
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During the formative phase of the infant American republic, when its survival was still problematic, iconic founders performed a valuable function as reliable sources of unquestioned wisdom, a veritable gallery of Delphic oracles available on demand.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
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Kevin previously performed the song solo for the first time at the band's Boston date in August.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Work (at).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/work%20%28at%29. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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