operation
Example Sentences
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Without the revenue that comes from having critical access status, operations at Glenn Medical would be unsustainable, hospital management previously told CalMatters.
From Los Angeles Times
The Pentagon statement on Sunday defined the operation as "a right-of-visit, maritime interdiction and boarding".
From BBC
In the two weeks since Guthrie's disappearance, the FBI and Pima County sheriff's officers have conducted a massive search operation involving helicopters, sniffer dogs, hundreds of officers, and thousands of tips called in.
From BBC
Inside our operations room in Ramallah, time slowed to something unbearable.
From Los Angeles Times
Despite the "ample grazing" in the area, plans were made to mount a rescue operation - but the difficult terrain meant that specialist equipment would be needed.
From BBC
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