setting up
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This elaborate scam includes setting up a time for an interview and then being asked for personal information such as a copy of your W-2 or your Social Security number.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
Stocks are setting up for another rough day, led by tech, as a crucial consumer-price inflation report looms.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026
Fernandes broke the record for the most assists in a single Premier League season on the final day of the 2025-26 campaign, setting up his 21st goal against Brighton.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
“I didn’t want everyone going out, you know, using tokens and setting up AI agents or setting up AI processes that didn’t have long-term scalable benefits for the entire back-end process,” Page said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
In the laboratory, which adjoined the parlor, Dad, his movie cameraman, a nurse, and Dr. Burton were converting a desk into an operating table, and setting up the cross-section background and lights.
From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
