operate
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Kenyan law recognises the right of refugees to work and operate businesses, although they are required to obtain the appropriate documentation.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
Retired miller John Lovett estimates that fewer than 100 traditional gristmills nationwide still operate at commercial viability.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
Repair ships have to come from abroad and obtain permission to operate in Indian waters.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
Goodles will continue to operate from its headquarters, with Zeszut at the helm and all 73 employees retained.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
Studies have shown that racial schemas operate not only as part of conscious, rational deliberations, but also automatically—without conscious awareness or intent.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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The university operates the Planetary Virtual Observatory Laboratory, a website that collects ground-based images of solar system planets submitted by observers around the world.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026
The latest announcement means Egypt, Ghana, Kenya and South Africa are the only African countries in which the firm now operates.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
A1Health operates 22 hospitals in the country, as well as other facilities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
Waymo, the Alphabet-owned autonomous taxi company, is expanding rapidly and operates in 14 cities including Los Angeles, San Diego and San Francisco.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
On the way home, we swing by the Hob, the black market that operates in an abandoned warehouse that once held coal.
From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
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Some of the fields it now controls were previously operated by Chinese companies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Both Jackdaw and Rosebank are operated by Adura, a joint venture between energy giants Shell and Norway's Equinor.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
A commercial flight operated by Russia’s largest airline, Aeroflot, lands each morning at the airport in Malé, where teams of local middlemen working with Russia-linked logistics companies help get the U.S.,
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
According to sheriff’s officials, the owner of the business operated out of the warehouse is a suspect and the investigation is ongoing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
His father was employed for many years at a manufacturing plant operated by Crown Cork & Seal, which makes beverage cans.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
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The Portuguese manager has used Bellingham primarily as a number 10 in a 4-2-3-1 system, operating behind French striker Kylian Mbappe and with the freedom to move across the attacking line.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
A recent paper by Takshashila Instituition finds that 11 of India's 18 international cables are more than 20 years old, approaching the nominal 25-year operating life of submarine cable systems.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
“Despite operating far offshore in rough conditions at night, they persevered until every person in danger was rescued,” said Master Chief Peter Nelson, the officer in charge of one of the rescue vessels.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
Tyson Foods now expects its beef segment to post an adjusted operating loss of $625 million to $775 million for the fiscal year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
“He has more than seventy separate hexes operating on him. You ought to untie seventy knots.”
From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull
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