undertake
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Rivas wanted reassurance that district staff had made sure that these projects are the right ones to undertake.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
If a new queen survives until her first brood emerges as adult workers, though, then the odds are in her favour as she no longer needs to undertake risky foraging.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026
This autumn, the Sussexes are expected to undertake some more public charitable works.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
"It's extremely challenging for post-conflict societies to undertake a national reckoning or acknowledge responsibility for the crimes of the past."
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
So then, there seems little reason why I should not undertake my motoring trip to the West Country.
From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro
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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
In the memorandum of understanding, the United States undertakes to "terminate all types of sanctions against" Iran, and to "make fully available for use the frozen or restricted funds and assets" of Iran.
From Barron's ● Jun. 22, 2026
The United States also undertakes to withdraw its forces from the surrounding areas within 30 days after the final agreement.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026
The eleventh point of the document notes that the US "undertakes to make fully available frozen or restricted funds" once the MoU is signed and that procedures will be agreed upon during negotiations.
From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026
“I can answer for every thing of that nature, sir, because it will be under Mrs. Weston’s care. Mrs. Weston undertakes to direct the whole.”
From "Emma" by Jane Austen
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Concern stems from recent reports that Anthropic blocked use of AI tools to develop bioweapons and that swarms of AI bots autonomously undertook massive hacking operations.
From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026
"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
In 2018, for example, the company undertook a major reorganization of senior management based on the principle of division of labor by comparative advantage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Bonehill-Pine said he reformed his previous views when he learned of the murder of MP Jo Cox, and subsequently undertook a de-radicalisation programme.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
“I am satisfied. I’ve done what I undertook, and it’s not my fault that it failed. I comfort myself with that,” said Amy with a little quiver in her voice.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
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That revision was undertaken with analytical rigor: The process took two years, involved 35 agencies, incorporated extensive new and existing research, and elicited over 20,000 comments.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
The Times’ reporting on restraining orders was undertaken as part of the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism’s Domestic Violence Impact Reporting Fund and engagement initiative.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
It adds: "The charitable work of the Duke and Duchess is a personal matter for them both and undertaken in their private capacity".
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
"The charitable work of the duke and duchess is a personal matter for them both and undertaken in their private capacity. In short, their position is akin to private citizens with commercial and charitable interests."
From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026
Sometimes I play with the fantasy that I am a princess who, in penance for some tiny transgression, has undertaken to feed each of her subjects by hand.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
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Enter Reinsve and Stan, an ideal pair of leads capable of providing the understated, baseline emotion that Mungiu requires to pull off an undertaking as tricky as “Fjord.”
From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026
“Student housing is a new undertaking for LACCD, and the District is learning from each step of this work,” Hidalgo said in an email.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
It was a big undertaking as the company's energy needs are "quite large", amounting to more than 25 gigawatt-hours a year, most of it for refrigeration.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
"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
Roughly fifty people contributed in some significant way to this undertaking.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
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