perform
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"The ship can only perform as well as its crew," he says.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
They also wanted to see some of their favorite K-pop boy bands perform.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
Citigroup found that bonds perform especially well when control of the government is split between the parties.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026
The researchers also reported that the new system could perform the same memory function as comparable technologies while consuming only one-tenth as much power.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026
Nhamo hurried to perform the final chores of the day after Aunt Chipo and Masvita had left.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
Outside, Alicante performs the same trick on a larger scale.
From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026
Understanding exactly how the human brain performs reasoning remains an open area of research.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026
It’s that my body sometimes performs similar, involuntarily reactions in both cases.
From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2026
“We’re not asking for the moon,” said Courtney Griffith, a 28-year-old who performs at Disney parades and shows, including “Fantasmic!”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
Flavius performs some beauty miracle on my hair, managing to even out the front while getting some of the longer locks to hide the bald spots in the back.
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
Backed by tech heavyweights like Meituan and venture-capital firm HSG, the startup captured national attention when its humanoid robots performed a folk dance during a Lunar New Year Gala broadcast last year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
On Thursday night, eight jazz artists and groups performed a pop-up show, including Okay Coleman!, the Don Brown Collective, Joy Guerilla, and Genghis Don, who also organized the event.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
But she said music being performed on Thursdays would disrupt residents' sleep on a working night.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
Essentials for a successful claim include geostamped, time-stamped and annotated “before, during and after” repair photos documenting damage, work performed, and completion, it adds.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
Also, magic in real life can only be performed with a wand, and the magic in wands runs out after a while.
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
A closely related worry is that a crash may be imminent, given that the stock market has been performing so well and for so long.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026
“They will always choose to move the goal posts instead of performing better.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
The two met at dancing class, where Fava was one of Iannotta's pupils, and started performing outdoors regularly in the summer since, as Iannotta puts it, they both "hate sitting around at home".
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
Since 1999, live instruments have effectively been banned, with only the lead vocalist performing live.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
The plan is for Yelena to spend up to six months performing biophysics and medical experiments.
From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson
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