operate
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Some 90% of U.S. licensed common carriers operate 10 or fewer trucks, and most are struggling to stay afloat, Sutherland said.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026
“My character works in construction and I learned to drive and operate a bulldozer and a forklift,” she says with pride.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
On 21 July OpenAI announced some of its AI agents - software systems which can operate alone to accomplish tasks after human instruction - had been involved in what it called an "unprecedented" incident.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
Its strategic lessons—balance differing viewpoints, understand politics, remain humble and optimistic, change the game—are difficult to argue with, because they operate at such a high level of generalization.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
In 1818, physicians attempt to operate on the heart.
From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti
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The e-commerce giant currently operates in 11 metropolitan areas, including Phoenix, Detroit, Houston, Dallas and San Antonio.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
Media watchdog IPSO, which operates a 24-hour emergency harassment helpline, said it was reviewing a flood "of complaints" about the coverage of Arday.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
As a public service corporation, the BBC operates under a royal charter that explicitly bars it from entering into out-of-court financial settlements to make litigation disappear.
From Salon ● Aug. 18, 2026
Using these materials, the team created a memory resistor, known as a "memristor," that operates with very little energy.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026
“No, he operates out of South Kensington. Want me to call him?”
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
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Refineries operated at 97.2% of their capacity in the week that ended Aug. 14, according to the latest data from the U.S.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026
While living together, they operated a clandestine library.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
The Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, which is operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, conducts Hubble science operations for NASA.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026
Pedro Neto operated at right wing-back and Marco Palestra on the left, while captain Reece James and Moises Caicedo lined up in midfield behind the front three.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
Originally operated by the Russian Air Force, Star City is now under the control of Roscosmos, the Russian Space Agency.
From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson
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For many at the front, the main fear is not an infantryman storming over the top, but an unseen enemy operating a drone from far away with a joystick.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
The SSA’s administrative budget has fallen from 1.2% of benefit outlays in 2017 to 0.86% currently, which represents an annual loss of $3 billion in operating revenue, the union said.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026
The consortium was tasked with designing, building and financing the project, and operating and maintaining the people mover for 25 years after its completion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
Train service has been suspended on the Tobu Nikko Line due to the accident, according to the railway company operating the line.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
The patient was on an operating table in the foreground.
From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
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