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He said that when there is a system failure, a 24-hour control centre in Madrid takes over, but it had made an "inexplicable" decision to instruct the trains to move again, without any speed restrictions.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

He explained that when there is a system failure, a 24-hour control centre in Madrid takes over, but it had made an "inexplicable" decision to instruct the trains to move again, without any speed restrictions.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

Every month, you can load money that was disbursed from the 529 onto the card and instruct your niece only to use it for qualified expenses, like rent and food.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 24, 2026

For example, when a doctor wants you to stop taking a medication, they’ll often instruct you to “hold” it, as a synonym for a temporary pause or delay—like asking someone to hold the elevator.

From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026

Finally she says, “Someone instruct Ms. Prior as to what the prefrontal cortex does.”

From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth

The mailer, in English and Spanish, instructs those who got two ballots to “securely destroy the duplicate ballot” instead of returning it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

The company also instructs employees to avoid wearing anything bearing OpenAI’s logo outside of the office, my colleagues and I reported this week.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

The commentary in particular also instructs judges when they can enhance or decrease a sentence based on the facts of the case.

From Slate ● Oct. 18, 2026

The judge instructs the baby and his mother, age 17, to apply for asylum.

From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026

The sentry instructs me to wait while he makes a call.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

In August 2020, the Scottish government instructed the SQA to revert any downgraded results to teacher and practitioner judgement.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

Karpenko instructed her to wait two days and then call Stupnikov’s military base, to report his disappearance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

But they can only do that if they’ve got a pretty wide sweep of your digital life and are instructed to work with what they’ve got.

From Slate ● Oct. 14, 2026

In April 2025, President Trump signed Executive Order 14276, “Restoring American Seafood Competitiveness,” which instructed government officials to reduce regulatory burdens and boost the commercial fishing and aquaculture sectors in the United States.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

Finally, the White House ushers were instructed that if Guiteau appeared, “he should be quietly kept away.”

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow

For instance, the line “The medicine will help you to: Kill as many myeloma cells as possible” was mistranslated as instructing the patient to somehow kill as many myeloma cells as possible.

From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026

Boeing will also send a bulletin to airlines detailing the issue and instructing employees how to recognize and respond to the situation should it take place.

From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026

Also on Tuesday, Trump signed an executive order instructing US government departments and agencies to start using the terms "SI" and "Super Intelligence" and should no longer acknowledge the use of term artificial intelligence.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

They then select mutations unique to the patient’s cancer to incorporate into an mRNA molecule, which provides the genetic code instructing cells to produce proteins with those mutations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

The whole time, Doc was instructing Coal in how to breathe.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste