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Recent Examples of deploys
The government deploys them during hurricanes, wildfires, mass shootings, and measles outbreaks.
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Amy Maxmen, Miami Herald, 11 Feb. 2026
The album’s best moments come when Joji deploys the noisy, aggressive production favored by morose rappers like fakemink, Bladee, and Playboi Carti.
—Mehan Jayasuriya, Pitchfork, 11 Feb. 2026
Wuthering Heights, sprawling and objectively tough to capture faithfully, hinges on the unbalanced, teenage energy of its central relationship—here, expressed through glossy, MTV-esque visuals that the director deploys with aplomb.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 9 Feb. 2026
During last year’s campaign, Mamdani promised to end a program initiated by his predecessor, Eric Adams, that deploys clinicians, backed by police officers, to assess people’s ability to care for themselves and, if necessary, to transport them involuntarily to a hospital for psychiatric evaluation.
—Washington Post, 6 Feb. 2026
Continue reading … FROZEN STANDOFF – US scrambles to reopen Cold War base as Russia deploys 54 icebreakers vs America's 2.
—FOXNews.com, 5 Feb. 2026
All 183 Christians abducted from churches last month are freed as government deploys military to protect vulnerable communities.
—Ope Adetayo, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026
Indiana Republicans by and large are still sticking by a bill to enable the Indiana National Guard to have local policing power on the ground in areas where the governor deploys them.
—Kayla Dwyer, IndyStar, 30 Jan. 2026
As artificial intelligence sweeps through healthcare, the victors will not be determined by who deploys the cleverest chatbot.
—Sahar Hashmi, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Amy Maxmen, Miami Herald, 11 Feb. 2026
The album’s best moments come when Joji deploys the noisy, aggressive production favored by morose rappers like fakemink, Bladee, and Playboi Carti.
—Mehan Jayasuriya, Pitchfork, 11 Feb. 2026
Wuthering Heights, sprawling and objectively tough to capture faithfully, hinges on the unbalanced, teenage energy of its central relationship—here, expressed through glossy, MTV-esque visuals that the director deploys with aplomb.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 9 Feb. 2026
During last year’s campaign, Mamdani promised to end a program initiated by his predecessor, Eric Adams, that deploys clinicians, backed by police officers, to assess people’s ability to care for themselves and, if necessary, to transport them involuntarily to a hospital for psychiatric evaluation.
—Washington Post, 6 Feb. 2026
Continue reading … FROZEN STANDOFF – US scrambles to reopen Cold War base as Russia deploys 54 icebreakers vs America's 2.
—FOXNews.com, 5 Feb. 2026
All 183 Christians abducted from churches last month are freed as government deploys military to protect vulnerable communities.
—Ope Adetayo, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026
Indiana Republicans by and large are still sticking by a bill to enable the Indiana National Guard to have local policing power on the ground in areas where the governor deploys them.
—Kayla Dwyer, IndyStar, 30 Jan. 2026
As artificial intelligence sweeps through healthcare, the victors will not be determined by who deploys the cleverest chatbot.
—Sahar Hashmi, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deploys
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Saturn also stations direct in Pisces this week in your sector of higher education and long-term vision.—
Dossé-Via Trenou,
Refinery29,
23 Nov. 2025
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But Layton locates friction in other places, especially in Ruffalo’s what-else-but grizzled turn as a shaggy, Raymond Chandler-type police detective.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
11 Feb. 2026
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Beyond the credit card, The Moment locates most of its zany humor in the presence of a hacky, inexplicably successful director played by Alexander Skarsgard, hired by Rosanna Arquette’s blithe record executive to shoot the film version of Charli’s impending tour.—
Richard Lawson,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Jan. 2026
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From her poetry and her Facebook page, Annie's specific interest is in Oracular writing, a form of divination script that positions the poet as a medium between humanity and the supernatural or non-human world.—
Peter D'Abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
5 Feb. 2026
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The company now positions ULTRA Turbo as a cornerstone of its layered defense architecture.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Feb. 2026
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For a help defender to draw a charge, he must be set when the offensive player plants his foot to go airborne.—
CJ Moore,
New York Times,
4 Feb. 2026
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Ma crawls toward you and plants her palms on your cheeks.—
Molly Aitken,
New Yorker,
1 Feb. 2026
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The Monaco Parkway bridge will be closed for about three days as the city installs new girders as part of their bridge replacement project.—
Brian Sherrod,
CBS News,
2 Feb. 2026
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Through the program, VFD provides and installs smoke and CO alarms free of charge for any resident within the City of Valparaiso or Center Township during home safety visits, the release said.—
Post-Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Jan. 2026
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Subtle confidence in business situates you for success as the moon and Venus harmonize.—
USA TODAY,
USA Today,
7 Feb. 2026
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Such thinking situates Kurdi in a lineage of experimental musicians working in the second half of the twentieth century.—
Olivia Giovetti,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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