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operate

[op-uh-rayt] / ˈɒp əˌreɪt /




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The trucks at Yimin operate 24 hours a day, stopping only for six minutes to swap out their batteries.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

Dr Hans Nagar, a consultant gynaecological surgeon and oncologist, is one of the surgeons trained to operate Da Vinci.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

KSL’s affiliated management firm, Peregrine Hospitality, will operate the property.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026

They identify a potentially useful strategy for designing metals that can remain tough even when conventional methods of deformation stop working, opening new possibilities for technologies that must operate in extreme cold.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026

“We’ve had to operate in such secrecy—it hasn’t been safe for anyone to know more than one or two contacts.”

From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Scientists at Gladstone Institutes have discovered an unusual bacterial immune system that operates in almost the opposite way of previously known defenses.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026

The network aired a lengthy segment on the Thursday’s edition of “Today” to explain how its decision desk operates and comes up with its election night projections.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026

The chef at Wales' only two-Michelin-star restaurant has defended the way he operates his kitchen after the venue came under scrutiny over food hygiene standards.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

“They are launching research ships as fast as dropping dumplings into a pot,” said Su Chih-chieh, an associate professor at National Taiwan University’s Institute of Oceanography, which operates one of Taiwan’s research ships.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

“No, he operates out of South Kensington. Want me to call him?”

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell

However, those earlier designs operated on surfaces and relied on the tip of a scanning tunneling microscope to drive their movement.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2026

Carriers involved in the conflict have operated around the clock for months at a time with little rest, setting modern-day records for their length of deployment and consecutive days at sea without a port call.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

Bolsonaro, his wife and two daughters boarded "a private flight operated by the company Baires Fly S.A. bound for the city of Guayaquil, Ecuador," the government agency said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

The centre is operated, along with a facility at Dunbar, by Viridor.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

The sound effects team operated their equipment from a spot where they could see Welles, too.

From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow

Experts say wind is now set to take off, and point to Laos's 600-megawatt Monsoon Wind Power Project, which began operating in August 2025, as a bankable case study.

From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2026

The court heard that Cancer Research UK has been operating its scheme for 25 years, providing people with access to a free will writing service.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

Ophir Nave, chief operating officer of Nebius, said that despite Volozh’s comments, the asset-backed financing market remains open, and the company plans to tap it in the future.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026

That gives researchers an unusual opportunity to make an "apples-to-apples" comparison between two facilities operating at very different collision energies.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026

Inside the center there are also operating rooms and veterinary spaces.

From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers


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