perform
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They also wanted to see some of their favorite K-pop boy bands perform.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
Citigroup found that bonds perform especially well when control of the government is split between the parties.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority found that those who use social media for investment advice rate their investment knowledge higher than those who don’t, but perform worse on an objective knowledge test.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
Always perform low-impact exercises near something you can hold for support, such as a park bench or bathroom vanity.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026
The CEO explained that Morgan Stanley had certain “hedges” against its subprime mortgage risk and that “the hedges didn’t perform adequately in extraordinary market condition of late October and November.”
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
Outside, Alicante performs the same trick on a larger scale.
From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026
The combination of high corrosion resistance and far lower material costs could make SS-H2 especially valuable if it performs reliably in commercial electrolyzers.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026
It’s that my body sometimes performs similar, involuntarily reactions in both cases.
From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2026
“We’re not asking for the moon,” said Courtney Griffith, a 28-year-old who performs at Disney parades and shows, including “Fantasmic!”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
Flavius performs some beauty miracle on my hair, managing to even out the front while getting some of the longer locks to hide the bald spots in the back.
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
Both vessels performed multiple shuttle runs before being hit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
Neither signing performed as hoped though, and Newcastle endured a disappointing season.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
Essentials for a successful claim include geostamped, time-stamped and annotated “before, during and after” repair photos documenting damage, work performed, and completion, it adds.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
Backed by tech heavyweights like Meituan and venture-capital firm HSG, the startup captured national attention when its humanoid robots performed a folk dance during a Lunar New Year Gala broadcast last year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
A gleaming jet-black top-of-the-line Jaguar coupe performed a tread-melting illegal U-turn, much to the horror of the cab coming head-on.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
A closely related worry is that a crash may be imminent, given that the stock market has been performing so well and for so long.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026
“They will always choose to move the goal posts instead of performing better.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
Investment pros say AI disruption has created a stock picker’s market, but such funds are performing as poorly as ever.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
The two met at dancing class, where Fava was one of Iannotta's pupils, and started performing outdoors regularly in the summer since, as Iannotta puts it, they both "hate sitting around at home".
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
Anya still didn’t have the ability to see the threads that were the key to performing magic.
From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack
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