act
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"They haven't been exposed to it, but they will when we get our act together," he said.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
The results suggest that gluons, the particles that act as the glue holding quarks together, may play a key role in carrying and conserving baryon number.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026
"These days, one of the roles of a prime minister is to act as a content creator," Buckley told AFP.
From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026
They need to act like professionals and stop acting like contestants on a reality show.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
“Daisy,” I said, trying to act very serious, “if you don’t stop feeding our apples to those monkeys, we’re not going to have any apples left.”
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
The rationale for moving the voting online is the technical difficulty of requiring fans to vote for multiple acts via text message or phone votes.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Myelin acts much like the insulating material around an electrical cable.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 14, 2026
In that vein, the imagination as shaped by fiction is not focused on what divides but rather on what unites, even if the story depicts acts of brutality or oppression.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Instead it featured cavorting skeletons, magic acts and water shows.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
It acts as a key would and provides leverage.
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
Department of Housing and Urban Development acted arbitrarily and capriciously when it suspended the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority from managing federal homelessness funds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Local governments including Nassau County, N.Y., and Los Angeles County have also acted over the past year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
When officers finally acted, they pulled only half the hose out, leaving the rest coiled inside the cabinet, and stood there baffled as to why the water wouldn’t flow.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
The opticians' manager Fouad Mehdaoui told AFP he acted on a tip from his pharmacist wife, placing large orders of glasses early on, but even then was outrun by demand and had to order more.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
Unlike many of the other elite, who looked down their noses at everyday people, John and Bobby Kennedy acted normally.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
Comparing the different groups allowed the team to pinpoint where each treatment was acting.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 15, 2026
Winn attached his proposed letter, to be signed by Todd Lyons, then the acting director of ICE.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
Early in her acting career, Davis appeared in an episode of The Detectives, the BBC comedy starring her father, and a 1995 BBC production of Pride and Prejudice.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Walking around his neighborhood, he sees people acting strangely much more often than before.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Rowdy thought he had found another friend and was acting like he was very proud of what he had done.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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