performing

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When Escondido police officers arrived, Rylaarsdam was performing CPR on Dale.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

The club is performing well below expectations and the pressure, therefore, on Mourinho to reclaim domestic and European dominance will be immense.

From BBC • May 12, 2026

Most large BDCs are performing better than the KKR fund but its losses show that some companies that got loans during the recent private-credit boom are struggling.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

The Green Party of England and Wales is performing creditably so far, the Liberal Democrats are making small gains but can point to taking control of Stockport and Portsmouth councils.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

Now that he was dead, they marked his passage to another plane in impersonal and almost tribal fashion—chanting, weaving mandalas, beating on drums, performing their own inscrutable and mysterious rites.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt