operate
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"The excess fuel caused the engine to operate at a much faster speed than normal."
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
The next major challenge is making the nanolaser operate using electrical power.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026
My aching nostalgia isn’t limited to how the White House used to operate.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026
“As always, we operate in accordance with applicable laws and regulations,” the insurer said in a Thursday statement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026
Shawn surprised everyone when he announced that he wanted me to operate the crane.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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Adel runs her home like she operates at work — she takes on the tasks that leverage her strengths and outsources anything else to her house manager.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
Rival Anthropic, which operates the Claude model, has already filed confidential IPO paperwork but has yet to put out a public filing.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 12, 2026
The Smithsonian operates independently of the executive branch and is overseen by a Board of Regents.
From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2026
Smartwings operates a fleet of 49 aircraft offering regular flights to 80 destinations.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
Bottom-up attention operates unconsciously, automatically, driven by sensory stimulus and contextual cues.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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The pipeline can carry up to 7 million barrels a day—about 2 million for domestic Saudi refiners and the rest for export—but had never operated at full capacity for an extended period before the war.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
E-commerce giant Amazon says it is suspending work with the firm that operated a cargo plane that was involved in a fatal crash in Miami this month.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
No lander has ever operated there, so researchers must rely on remote sensing observations from telescopes and spacecraft.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 12, 2026
Daytime and late-night talk shows have long operated under a “bona fide news program” exemption that shielded them from the equal time rule.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
They also expressed apprehension that the committee operated so independently.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
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The report, from the Financial Times citing multiple people with knowledge of the matter, said Anthropic told investors that it will profit on a measure called adjusted operating income.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
"The Earth wasn't operating exactly as it does now, but it appears some of the key processes were already in place," Dr. Vandenburg said.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026
Local media say 186 passengers were on board the train that was operating between Rouen and Caen in Normandy.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
The new Costco also has a 32-pump gas station, which began operating in May.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026
I grab a handful of Cheetos and feed them into my mouth one by one as if I’m operating mastication machinery, contemplating how to tell Fizz about the latest development on the Jeremy front.
From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali
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