conduct
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Wedgewood appears to have charged clients to conduct surveys on their behalf, a standard practice for aboveboard polling firms that could in this case amount to fraud.
From Slate ● Oct. 22, 2026
Vrabel was hit with a 15-yard unsportsmanlike conduct penalty.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
For that exception to be triggered, the challenged conduct had to be carried out by, or at the direction of, US officials.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
Jonas now travels the world to conduct listening sessions with other Gund employees.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
Not long after that, he formally asked ABI officials in Montgomery to conduct another investigation into the murder to confirm Mr. McMillian's guilt.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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Allies are currently bracing for possible cuts to US forces in Europe as the Pentagon conducts a review of its deployments on the continent.
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026
Maria doesn’t buy this story and, aided by a local lawyer who drew up her father’s will, conducts her own furtive investigation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
When Roden-Reynolds conducts tick surveys, he wears clothing permeated with the tick-killing insecticide permethrin.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026
Because platinum conducts electricity, the lens also functioned as an electrode.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 29, 2026
Deep inside is the oldest part, the brainstem, which conducts the basic biological functions, including the rhythms of life—heartbeat and respiration.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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Her team's instrument uses two lasers rather than one, building on theoretical research conducted by Müller and his collaborators.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2026
But on Wednesday, Boreal said it had conducted a further investigation into the allegations.
From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026
These studies were all conducted in the last 15 or so years.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026
The GQ interview with Prince Harry was conducted last month and released as the Royal Family were on duty in Windsor welcoming the Sultan of Oman at the start of a state visit.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
Somebody had conducted a preliminary poll that seemed to suggest maybe he could win.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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Legitimate pollsters strive to be transparent about who’s conducting them, who’s funding them, and the methods they use.
From Slate ● Oct. 22, 2026
Nasser in an interview aired Thursday on Al Arabiya Business said the company is conducting engineering studies for additional crude-export routes as it works to reduce its exposure to disruptions along major shipping corridors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
Before conducting this analysis, the publisher said it had tried to work with Orelien to gather the evidence necessary to prove his innocence.
From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026
Mamon watched him conducting one such tutorial - on how to trail a senior military official marked for surveillance.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
Dubbed PRONAPABA, its Portuguese acronym, the Smithsonian-sponsored program was conducting the first-ever full archaeological survey of Amazonia, which was being logged for cattle ranches at a speed that was beginning to cause protests.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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