assigning
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James Blunt immediately took control, assigning players various different roles.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
They ended up splitting the class and assigning more students to other teachers, she said.
From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2026
The bill, called the Community Newsroom Employment and Workforce Sustainability Act, works by assigning a “job retention credit” of $20,000 per journalist for up to five positions, and after that $15,000 for every additional journalist.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026
In high school, his English teacher “amused himself by assigning me to play the part of Shylock.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
“Well, get all the names and start assigning them to different companies. I don’t want them bunched up, spread them out. See about their arms.”
From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara
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