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"He is, in a positive way, a control freak because he says your body is your weapon and it needs to be ready to perform."
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026
On Saturday, Smith will perform at the historic Orpheum Theatre in downtown L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2026
“I don’t think the AI apocalypse is here. I think they continue to perform well, and valuations have come down,” Coastal Bridge Advisors’ chief investment strategist David Waddell said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026
The tendency has been for stocks to perform better during periods of higher rates, which runs counter to the continual warnings to investors about rising rates.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 13, 2026
But in order to get them, they each had to do a trick: tell a joke, sing a song or perform a trick for the rest of the class.
From "The World According to Humphrey" by Betty G. Birney
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Stephen Butler from Newtownabbey performs as a Garth Brooks' tribute act with the band Thunder Rolls.
From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2026
Further experiments revealed how TRF2 performs this unexpected function.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 13, 2026
Although it can be difficult to define or measure precisely, the organization and movement of slow brain waves may provide important indicators of how effectively the brain performs its nighttime memory functions.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 5, 2026
Akhil Indurti, a software engineer who also performs musical improv at the Upright Citizens Brigade, won October’s shirt.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026
The boy is happy and performs very well in school.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
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Earlier this year, she performed on “Saturday Night Live UK” and announced that she will headline the 20th anniversary celebration of London’s 20,000-capacity O2 arena.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2026
Here’s a similar chart showing how stocks have performed during periods during which the federal-funds rate has been higher or lower than the current target range of 3.75% to 4%.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 13, 2026
The birds performed remarkably well, even when the direction of movement was difficult to identify.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 12, 2026
Hannah Magowan, one of the specialist transplant surgeons at Belfast City Hospital, who performed Sean's transplant and helped with Una's surgery, said the sharing scheme had been operating in Northern Ireland since 2010.
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026
She rose on tiptoe and performed a single, wobbly pirouette.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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This week, it was announced that she’ll be performing back-to-back Sundays at Coachella next year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2026
The structure was fully occupied by residents, and construction workers were performing excavation work on a neighbouring site at the time, according to CBS News, the BBC's US partner.
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026
Yet her character is given an essential arc that I’m hesitant to spoil, and that the actress serves with heartbreaking potency, eventually performing a breakdown that feels rattlingly absent of actorly affect.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026
This suggests that their difficulties may involve not only performing calculations but also deciding how to approach a problem in the first place.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 12, 2026
The Royal Society, after years of decline, in which it was short of funds and performing few experiments, was showing signs of a new enthusiasm for experimental science, but Papin did not benefit.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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