act
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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
So what do travellers say is driving some to act unlawfully, and what do others think?
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
They need to act like professionals and stop acting like contestants on a reality show.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
Every meal I cooked was an offering to him, each shining pot a poem, every sweep of the broom an act of love.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
"The starting point in the UK is that all these acts of copying - creating the training library and doing the training – require the permission of the copyright owner," she says.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
She acts as a sounding board and strategic adviser for Amodei, according to people close to the company.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Myelin acts much like the insulating material around an electrical cable.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 14, 2026
Austin is one of those rare teenagers who looks and acts like someone destined to reach the highest level possible because of his physical gifts and mental outlook.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
From the incredible acts of a brave young woman to a determination I can feel growing inside me to pick up the mantle she’s left behind.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
“There was a day when you had the Big Three, and they acted monolithically,” said Patrick Anderson of Anderson Economic Group, a Michigan-based consulting firm.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
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
He has presented programmes such as Canned Carrott, Golden Balls and Carrott's Commercial Breakdown, and acted in comedy series such as The Detectives.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
According to Baker County Sheriff Scotty Rhoden, Byrd and Roberts acted lawfully: “At that point their lives are in fear, that is self-defense.”
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
From the way Jeff acted when she was around, I half suspected that he liked her, too.
From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott
Coincidentally, the day Chandler came out to L.A. to start work on “Lanterns” was on the anniversary of the day he first left his home to chase his acting dreams — Jan. 15, 1989.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
It has spent more than 200 days in a combat zone and has launched more than 10,000 sorties, said acting Secretary of the Navy Hung Cao.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
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
I’ve been acting like it didn’t bother me.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
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