act
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Mis-Teeq sold more than 12 million records, were nominated for a Brit Award and won a Mobo for best garage act in 2002.
From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026
For governors who have said they will do so once rules are clear, it’s time to act.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
Here they feel more like vaguely benevolent interstellar therapists trying to help humanity get its act together.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
That means that even if an ECB hike under conventional economics wouldn’t make too much of a dent to activity, the act of signaling will pack a punch.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026
One year a girl named Bernice Potts signed up to do an animal act and the animal turned out to be a goldfish, which was different.
From "The Best School Year Ever" by Barbara Robinson
Vocabulary lists containing act
Reading: Literature - Drama - Introductory
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