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act

[akt] / ækt /








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"It's a book about different emotions, and so we would act out the different emotions, the different faces," she said.

From BBC Aug. 29, 2026

The U.S. deal would act to reassure American companies that are on the fence about gambling capital on the country’s oil industry.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

One refused to talk to me and asked that I not even link their meme-page network with this act.

From Slate Aug. 28, 2026

The yen has been sliding despite previous interventions and comments by Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama that Japan was ready to act, remarks aimed at deterring investors from betting on the currency sliding further.

From Barron's Aug. 28, 2026

When the trooper, too, began to get teary, Truman fell back on his strongman act of bravado.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone

“These nebulous and overtly conjectural allegations do not come close to knitting Ganieva, Harris, and Rubenstein together in any solid or coherent way in concerted acts towards a common end,” the judge wrote.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 29, 2026

About 100,000 people are expected to see acts including Charli xcx, Raye, Chase & Status, Dave and Fontaines D.C. ahead of the annual event closing on Sunday.

From BBC Aug. 27, 2026

A lot has happened since then, with millions of albums sold, world tours and, yes, they did lead the next generation with their harder-edged sound paving the way for acts like Ateez and Stray Kids.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 25, 2026

Across the universe, gravity acts as an invisible framework that influences how galaxies, galaxy clusters, and the largest cosmic structures form and evolve.

From Science Daily Aug. 25, 2026

He thought it was completely rational to tether me to some man before my wicked acts came to light.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

According to state prosecutors, Castro falsely claimed that Sosa-Celis and another man had attacked an ICE agent with a broom and shovel, and that he had simply acted in self defense.

From Slate Aug. 28, 2026

Phil seasons, Dudamel has tirelessly acted on his mantras that we are all one people, that there is only one music and that music education is a human right.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 26, 2026

But the IDF said he and the others involved had acted deceptively and without authorisation.

From BBC Aug. 26, 2026

Walter’s conglomerate, TWG Global, has said the firm “always acted in good faith, and insinuations that we have in any way attempted to circumvent our obligations is simply false.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 26, 2026

“I myself could not have acted in any other way.... The very notion, the very sense of defending the Motherland, was the duty of all the men and all the women too.”

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

Mamdani remains popular and influential, commanding high approval numbers from likely voters and acting as a kingmaker for candidates who can enact his affordability agenda.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

The leaks are attributed to an account with the pseudonym Cyberleek, whose author or authors claim to be acting to expose the industry's business practices.

From Barron's Aug. 27, 2026

That would have allowed them to serve several ecological roles, including acting as decomposers and consumers in environments where aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems met.

From Science Daily Aug. 27, 2026

His move to Southern California coincided with the beginning of his Emmy-winning voice acting career, which started with a role for Hanna Barbera’s animated adaptation of “The Creation.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 26, 2026

It would have to be something that came in threes, obviously, and that would allow them to keep acting like little wolf pups, for they had promised Lord Fredrick, and a promise was a promise.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood




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