as in to carry out
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Ennis runs a building firm that has carried out work on the ground and helped to set up its gymnasium.—
Daniel Taylor,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2025 -
The administration also pledged to help states where the death penalty is legal, like South Carolina, secure a sufficient supply of drugs to carry out lethal injections.—
Kristin Wright,
NPR,
25 Apr. 2025
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Matt Boldy will have to try to match the production of Eichel to give the Wild the best chance at pulling off the upset.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Apr. 2025
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On set, Mazin says the hardest part of pulling off the scene wasn't the actual filming of it.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
21 Apr. 2025
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In the movie version, Flagg, Duke’s transcendent freshman, would’ve made a winning play and been carried off the court.—
Brendan Quinn,
New York Times,
6 Apr. 2025
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She was carried off by multiple people with the Trojans leading 13-2.—
Beth Harris,
Baltimore Sun,
25 Mar. 2025
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The stock market finally went up, achieving 1929 levels in the 1950s.—
Brian Domitrovic,
Forbes.com,
27 Apr. 2025
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To achieve this balance, plant clematis between a fence and other plant materials to shade the base of the vine.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
27 Apr. 2025
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He’s thrown that trend into overdrive this week, gaining more than seven strokes putting through 36 holes.—
Justin Ray,
New York Times,
12 Apr. 2025
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Photo : Singer Vehicle Design One of Singer’s reimagined Porsches gets put through its paces at Magarigawa, where the restoration house introduced its brand in Japan last year.—
Sue Callaway,
Robb Report,
5 Mar. 2025
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The tech executive hired several young engineers aged 19-24 to fulfill his directives at DOGE, which centered on eliminating positions Musk deemed to be unnecessary.—
Krystal Nurse,
USA Today,
18 Apr. 2025
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However, after making season one, Gilroy and Luna both realized that their initial aim was too ambitious and likely required at least a decade of their lives to fulfill.—
Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
18 Apr. 2025
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But while most saw the moment as a liberating one for women, Horsell saw it as another instance of a female playing top-level sport without the necessary support to perform at her best.—
Asif Burhan,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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According to the family’s lawsuit, no medical or mental-health intake was performed at the jail, and McLemore, who was held in a windowless cell, began to fear food and water.—
Sarah Stillman,
New Yorker,
14 Apr. 2025
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“Work (at).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/work%20%28at%29. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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