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take

[teyk] / teɪk /
















VERB
contract, catch
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK


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"All medical interventions must take place in a medical setting, under no circumstances in an office," he said.

From Barron's Jul. 17, 2026

“To love your family fiercely, to be kind, to show up for the people you love, and to never take a single moment together for granted,” she wrote alongside a glamour shot of Shannon.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 16, 2026

"He said 'you can sort it all out and take charge with money because I'm rubbish with it,'" she says.

From BBC Jul. 16, 2026

“Whatever they offer, I’ll probably just take it,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 16, 2026

I’m about to open it and take a look when Ford comes up to me.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

When it eventually takes off, the flight's aims will be similar to those of a mostly successful voyage carried out in May, which debuted the latest edition of the powerful Starship, its third-generation model.

From Barron's Jul. 16, 2026

It takes all kinds of different personalities and we've got some players who wouldn't do that and then you've got Henry who would go and do that.

From BBC Jul. 16, 2026

Brian Robbins’s Big Shot Pictures takes a stake in the 68-year-old franchise, with plans for short-form content and a new movie.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

Let’s hope they listen to Dean’s message about what it takes to protect each other too.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 15, 2026

It only takes a few germs for someone to become infected.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

After performing for five years with Thotsakan, Athipat took a break and joined another band.

From BBC Jul. 16, 2026

Gibbs took to social media Thursday to share a tribute to her “TV husband,” who she described as “a generous man who freely gave his time, his talent and his heart to the community.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 16, 2026

Asked about the decision to warn about the poor results, Cohn said, “Arvind took it upon himself to say, ‘Look, I want to be transparent with the world.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 16, 2026

Mahatma Gandhi, the leader of India's independence movement, took that ancient language and transformed it into modern politics.

From BBC Jul. 16, 2026

“Like we don’t got enough to deal with! That PCP organization is gonna ruin what already took forever to build,” she says bitterly.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

Many participants in Los Angeles’s program have taken disability leave—thereby earning salaries and pensions while not working.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 16, 2026

Uzma, who works as a lawyer, became tearful as she described the emotional toll it's taken.

From BBC Jul. 16, 2026

“It has taken me a while to write that last sentence, knowing the insurmountable pain and loss I have caused.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 16, 2026

It’s not just that Saudi Arabia’s reputation as a safe place to visit and do business has taken a hit.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 16, 2026

Why, it would have taken a wagon scale to weigh her and two trips to the grain elevator to get her there.”

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

The Makerfield MP will be confirmed in the role at a special party conference in central London, ahead of taking over from Sir Keir Starmer as prime minister on Monday.

From BBC Jul. 16, 2026

OpenAI is going down, and taking investors and an entire industry with it, argues artificial-intelligence critic Ed Zitron.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 16, 2026

The S&P 500 has been treading water for more than a month now, but beneath the surface of the U.S. equity market, big changes are taking shape.

From MarketWatch Jul. 16, 2026

"An eyewitness account of about 20 'geese' taking flight and heading toward the river just minutes before a loud bang was heard corroborates geese in the area shortly before the crash."

From Barron's Jul. 16, 2026

“Dogs are wonderful, but they require a lot of our time. Could it be that the puppy’s taking too much of your time?”

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam




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