perform
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Bernstein cuts its recommendation on Eurofins stock to market perform from outperform, and trims its target price to 73.90 euros from 77.20 euros.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
According to Turkish media, the Ankara-born comedian began his career at TuzBiber in Istanbul and has gone on to perform at venues across Europe and the US.
From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026
They have much more complicated cells featuring a nucleus and other specialized structures such as organelles which perform specific jobs.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 27, 2026
As a result, a surprising number of individual stocks are struggling, even as the biggest names with the most influence at the index level have continued to perform.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 27, 2026
The unusual time of morning to perform the exhumation was selected to thwart possible newsmen and curiosity-seekers from ogling the corpse and possibly taking photographs.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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For Livia, who performs it for a university recital, it is her greatest triumph and a symbol of her hubris, because mastering it seems to presage a fall.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
Muse is meant as something different: a robot that performs tasks for you across the internet.
From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026
Future studies will examine how the concrete performs over longer periods, including whether it maintains its durability and ability to absorb CO2.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
These acrylic-based cabin windows are usually made out of two layers or plies, and Saint-Gobain also performs tests to confirm whether the window will survive even if one of those plies gets damaged.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
A medic performs mouth-to-mouth resuscitation in a desperate attempt to save the life of a seriously wounded fellow medic, 1969.
From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge
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Sapir says his research team simulated how an investor in several leveraged ETFs would have performed relative to an unleveraged index over all rolling 10-year periods and found these results:
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
Madonna performed at the awards show for the first time in more than 20 years, and took home a handful of awards including artist of the year.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
Smiling with her hair loose, the singer performed her 2002 hit before being joined by a star-studded cast of L'Oreal ambassadors including Viola Davis, Simone Ashley, Aja Naomi King and Eva Longoria.
From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026
In some cases, they performed better than the corresponding modern human peptides.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026
Twenty-four years old, she was the daughter of Algerian immigrants, spoke four languages fluently, and sometimes performed as a soloist with the Paris Opera.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
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The global star appeared in a stylish black-and-white video for the retail chain's part-time worker recruitment campaign and can be seen performing tasks typically set out for staff working at the franchise.
From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026
As Sergio García-Ríos, Univision’s director of polling, highlighted to me from his recent survey of Texas races, Hinojosa—despite being a Latina—wasn’t performing as well with Hispanic voters as the Democratic Senate candidate, James Talarico.
From Slate ● Sep. 28, 2026
Teaching and performing kept her large household afloat.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
Henderson added: "I have to take it into consideration when quoting prices for performing."
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
At Nationals, I was also vault champion, after once again performing a strong Amanar.
From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles
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