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ply

[plahy] / plaɪ /


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One Colombian pilot who plies the Caribbean said crews look for any advantage, from sailing at night or in rough weather, even in storms when Colombian government patrol boats might stay in port.

From The Wall Street Journal

Like many previous movies about those who ply that physical trade, “Rental Family” explores the anguish of a paid pretender troubled by increasingly genuine feelings.

From The Wall Street Journal

The third and fourth divisions in Turkey, in which more than 900 of the suspected players ply their trade, have been suspended for the last two weeks.

From Barron's

Rather, it imagines that plying the audience with mythical rivers of liberal tears is enough and confirms the assumption that there are no funny conservative comedians, which simply isn’t true.

From Salon

The four men and one woman plied their victims - aged between 16 and 30 - with drugs at various properties between 2021 and 2022.

From BBC