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perform

[per-fawrm] / pərˈfɔrm /




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He accused them of having "breached their duties, performed actions contrary to the art of healing" and having "omitted all the acts they were required to perform."

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

Gaten Matarazzo is booked to perform until 10 January.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

These activities gave the animals more opportunities to perform the kinds of feeding behaviors that are part of life in the wild.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026

San Jose Water Co., which serves about 1 million customers, disputed the group’s findings, saying it used “erroneously aggregated data to perform an analysis that grabs headlines.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

I thought I might have to perform the Heimlich maneuver on him, but his son smacked him on the back and he stopped gagging.

From "The Million Dollar Shot" by Dan Gutman

And now, being a teammate of his, it’s not surprising at all why he goes and performs like he does, because the way he prepares is as good as anybody in this game.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

Friendly outlets are the audience he performs for, while hostile ones are the villains he performs against.

From Salon ● Oct. 6, 2026

Shahim Khan, 42, still performs magic on Delhi's streets, sometimes with his 12-year-old daughter, Alia.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

Part of that security comes from the way the detector physically performs its calculations.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026

“You are such a jerk? Whoever told you that the whole world performs according to your instructions? That’s what started this whole mess—you trying to make poor Cap dance to your tune!”

From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman

When it was first performed, Rent shone a light on young friends and artists living in late 1980s and early 1990s New York during the HIV/Aids crisis.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

He accused them of having "breached their duties, performed actions contrary to the art of healing" and having "omitted all the acts they were required to perform."

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

Despite showing no reduction in total body weight, the mice that performed strength training had less mesenteric adipose tissue than the sedentary obese mice.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026

“Our business in North America performed below our expectations and represents a meaningful opportunity for improvement,” Chief Executive Ramon Laguarta said in prepared earnings remarks on Thursday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Marcie said, smiling wide, extending her arms as if she’d performed a magic trick.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

Theranos falsely touted technology capable of performing medical tests using only a few drops of blood.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

On Friday and Saturday, Punk Rock Bowling will bring Fight to Unite to the Belasco in downtown Los Angeles, with 32 bands performing across three stages.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

“It’s like an existential crisis,” says Jed Bernstein, who runs Theatre Aspen, a performing arts nonprofit.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

But the world's fastest growing major economy also has one of the worst performing major equity markets in 2026.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

Maybe, somehow, someday, I will be able to continue performing this miracle.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar




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