tasked

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The riverfly monitoring programme started in England about 20 years ago and Buglife was tasked with expanding it into Scotland in 2022.

From BBC • May 26, 2026

"But at the same time, I think twice. I don't want to be arrested by ICE," he said, referring to Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers tasked with arresting and deporting undocumented foreign nationals.

From Barron's • May 26, 2026

Venters has been tasked with bucking the decline and bringing Paul Smith—still majority-owned by its eponymous founder and designer—back to profitability.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

“When heirs cannot reach a unanimous decision, the executor’s role becomes pivotal. Executors are tasked with reconciling conflicts,” Hancock Whitney adds.

From MarketWatch • May 21, 2026

Matthias Helvar was a drüskelle, one of the Fjerdan witchhunters tasked with hunting down Grisha to face trial and execution, though to her he’d always resembled a warrior Saint, illuminated in gold.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo