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can do

[kan-doo] / ˈkænˈdu /






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“Not much the firefighters can do when it was blowing that hard,” said Kelly Singer, acting deputy fire chief for the newly minted U.S.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

"This is something that any parish can do, and there's this county-level framework to support us," he said.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

"Ionic liquids are very stable and can even remain a liquid in space, which not a lot of materials can do," Bruno says.

From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026

The accounts themselves aren’t new, but what you can do with them fundamentally changed.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

“Come on, Charlotte! If I can do it, so can you. Besides, if you’re going to grow up to be a badass like me, you’ve got to learn how to strut.”

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith




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