perform
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Scientists could perform some of those transformations using chemical reactions and laboratory solvents.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026
They made a list of 36 functions nations perform for each other—passing along intelligence, or sharing regulations—and ticked the categories where Europe and Canada could do more together.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
The 36-year-old had to perform while sitting down, with his left leg and ankle in a cast.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden have now developed a method that can perform a broad range of advanced quantum operations more than a thousand times faster.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026
When they grew tired of that, they assumed the roles of Dr. Westminster and his equally qualified assistant, Dr. Eastminster, and attempted to perform medical examinations on Nutsawoo.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
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The metallic Ni observed after a reaction may simply form when nickel oxide is reduced by syngas at high temperatures, rather than representing the species that actually performs the catalysis.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 9, 2026
“A strong book would help stabilize the 30-year gilt sector,” she says, “But we would not read too much into demand unless the bond performs after pricing.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
That’s assuming the stock market performs as it did on average following past occasions when the Federal Reserve began raising rates following a rate-cut cycle — so-called first hikes.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026
As Don Omar sings, the darbuka drum prominently plays in the song; when Hakim performs, he does so over a thumping dembow beat.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
“Mirror neurons fire both when one performs an action and when one sees another person performing that action. They allow us to imitate behavior.”
From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth
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That was Maurice White’s schtick whenever Earth, Wind & Fire performed “September.”
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
Beck’s portfolio has performed so well since the pandemic that he plans to travel and spend more in the years to come.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
The union has polled regions where Pratt performed well — from the Harbor to parts of the San Fernando Valley and Westside.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
Now, he's performed on a stage that's previously been home to titans of music from Taylor Swift to Coldplay.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
Composer Antonio Salieri was moved to tears of joy by reading some of Mozart’s scores before they were performed.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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Dion will be performing in Paris throughout September and October and into the New Year.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
There was also exciting news for fans in India, as he announced he would be performing in November at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
For “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” he leaps and twirls around the stage performing an interpretive dance to “Moon River,” the theme song from the movie.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
Surveys say Americans are in a funk, even though their sour mood doesn’t match up with what major indicators say about how the U.S. economy is performing, The Wall Street Journal’s Justin Lahart writes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
He spent the next hour demonstrating basic skills like palming a playing card or performing the French Drop, a maneuver in which a small object seemingly disappears when passing from one hand to the other.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
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