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act

[akt] / ækt /








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Their defense team said the two acted in lawful self-defense.

From The Wall Street Journal

“The FAA will not hesitate to act if additional safety measures are required,” the agency said.

From The Wall Street Journal

"I loved working at SNL, and most of all I loved the people," wrote Yang, who started in 2018 as a writer for the NBC programme before joining the acting cast.

From BBC

The elder Cannon covered Reagan’s two-term presidency in the 1980s, but his relationship with the enigmatic Republican leader went back to the 1960s, when Reagan moved from acting to politics.

From Los Angeles Times

This small act of attention helps prevent the classic mid-recipe surprise: the unannounced overnight rest, the last-minute need for a tool you don’t own, the technique you wish you’d Googled earlier.

From Salon