undertake
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NRW's specialist teams will also undertake peatland restoration work to help return the site to a healthy condition.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
The Sussexes won’t undertake formal royal engagements, Buckingham Palace says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
“When people have access to medical care through insurance, they tend to undertake activities that can help longevity, like better preventive care, better management of chronic and disabling conditions,” Cohen said.
From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026
In a statement, he also welcomed Suu Kyi's Red Cross meeting, saying he hoped that authorities "will undertake further positive steps towards lasting peace and stability in Myanmar".
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
He couldn’t possibly have considered the kind of move he was about to undertake.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
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Unitree’s humanoid robots can walk, run and climb and “can imitate & reinforce the learning drive” said the company, referring to algorithms that train the robot’s artificial intelligence as it undertakes tasks.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026
The visit came as part of Royal Week in Scotland, where the royal family undertakes a series of engagements north of the border.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
When the next president swears an oath to “preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States,” he undertakes both to obey the Constitution and to remove threats to it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026
Every night, he reads murder mysteries to them, a ritual he undertakes primarily for his own pleasure.
From Salon ● May 17, 2026
If Miss Taylor undertakes to wrap Miss Emma up, you need not have any fears, sir.’
From "Emma" by Jane Austen
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"We undertook this study to determine if vanillin, a flavor chemical often used in e-cigarettes at high concentrations, could adversely affect the development of young embryos in humans."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 28, 2026
New leadership will bring a change in strategic direction at the group in terms of how a new chairman approaches the ambitious expansion Chandrasekharan undertook, say experts.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
And then in 2017 Disney undertook its biggest ESPN-funded challenge yet, spending many billions to construct a streaming service to directly challenge Netflix—the company’s biggest strategic bet of the decade.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
In the video individuals are seen from afar putting their hands into the water while workers undertook cleaning work, but it did not clearly show people damaging the pool or depositing anything into it.
From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026
And he handed it to Tock, who undertook at once to carry one drop at a time from well to well.
From "The Phantom Tollbooth" by Norton Juster
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Thousands of Indians are reported to have undertaken the pilgrimage this year, as well as Hindus from other nations.
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
Nearly every project he has undertaken or planned, from resurfacing the bottom of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool to renovating a public golf course, has been met with legal challenges.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
The MoD said the findings had been accepted and significant work has been undertaken since.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
Crowley and his backers had undertaken an intense late-July sprint to persuade Democrats to coalesce around him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
It was undertaken to discover if America was involved in the practice of racism against black Americans.
From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin
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"We don't want Australia to become a safe haven for people who are undertaking foreign interference on behalf of other countries," Barrett said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
Meta is undertaking its own chip program, while Amazon, Google and Microsoft all house their own custom AI chip operations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, now Metro’s chair, declared the city ready to host this massive undertaking.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
He commended his officials for undertaking work "in the face of significant physical and mental challenge".
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
Eradication there would be a formidable undertaking, considering the vast areas involved and the probability of re-invasion from Mexico.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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