operate
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It is tracking about 41 that operate in Taiwan's waters.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
The company will operate on Victory Capital’s platform, while retaining its brand, investment autonomy, and existing investment processes, Victory Capital said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
Government tests found sample systems could operate with no unacceptable heating or unsafe energy flows.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
“Such a replacement will fail to adequately honor President John F. Kennedy, but would be simpler and more economical to build, operate, and maintain,” the administration’s lawyers wrote in the filing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
He begged the doctors not to operate, even though they told him that it was a relatively simple procedure and cautioned him of the dangers involved in not operating.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
APM Terminals, which operates the port, declined to comment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
China operates more than "120 oceanographic research vessels", the Taiwanese coast guard said previously.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
Because Bitcoin operates without a central authority, these computers verify transactions and are rewarded with newly-created digital coins.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
New neuron formation operates within a larger hippocampal circuit that stores episodic memories along with their emotional significance, and molecular disruptions appeared throughout that system.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026
This may be how everyone else operates, but this is not how I usually operate.
From "Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key" by Jack Gantos
During the quarter, Hormel agreed to sell its Brazil operations, which are operated under the Ceratti brand.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
Cornwall's food waste is taken to a digester in Holsworthy, Devon, operated by Severn Trent Green Power.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
In other instances, ICE has purchased facilities owned and operated by private companies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026
If this happens, it would mark a substantial pivot from how American forces have operated in the region post-9/11.
From Salon ● Aug. 21, 2026
For real news, people turned to Andrew Brown’s Federal Gazette, the only daily that operated without interruption throughout the crisis.
From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy
The nearest train stations to the festival site are Runcorn Station, Warrington Central, Warrington Bank Quay and Liverpool Lime Street which will have shuttle buses operating to and from the site.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
Busch, however, is skeptical that the administration is operating within legal limits here.
From Slate ● Aug. 27, 2026
Chinese research vessels have been seen "operating in conjunction" with coast guard ships around Taiwan, the coast guard official said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
“Our platform is designed to create one fully integrated digital experience that can serve account holders and advisers for a much lower operating cost.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
After two hours, one of my doctors greeted Mom and Dad at the operating room door.
From "Ugly" by Robert Hoge
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