as in performs
to carry through (as a process) to completion
the anonymity of the Web allows pranksters to perpetrate their hoaxes with impunity
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Cece performs elegance, beauty, and perfection while sweating through excruciating pain, enduring enormous levels of judgement.—
Lauren Morrow
September 9,
Literary Hub,
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Podcast topics are selected with the help of AI, based on Google and social media trends, and then the team may launch five different versions of the show with different titles to see what performs the best.—
Caitlin Huston,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Sep. 2025
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Most of all, AI makers that adopt an AI-to-AI tag team as a safeguard should be mindfully cautious about touting what this functionality accomplishes.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Good morning from Minneapolis, Virtually every team that accomplishes something special needs a few guys to surprise.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 Aug. 2025
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This week’s game against the WarHawks will not simply be about getting in the win column, but how the Crimson Tide executes on both sides of scrimmage ahead of next week’s visit from Wisconsin and, following a bye, the start of SEC play at Georgia on September 20.—
Tom Layberger,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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But, like all technologies, each manufacturer executes it differently.—
Jamie L. LaReau,
USA Today,
26 Aug. 2025
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Natural gas fulfills much of this need, while coal is dirtier, expensive, and increasingly irrelevant for electricity production.—
Ken Silverstein,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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The community's willingness to proactively strengthen its economic foundations today will determine whether crypto fulfills its promise as robust, trusted global infrastructure, or succumbs when faced with inevitable systemic stress.—
Mark R. Weaver,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Aug. 2025
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That’s a tough dichotomy to bridge, but the new 2025 911 Carrera GTS achieves it brilliantly.—
Mark Phelan,
Freep.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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Critically, this approach achieves the required resolution without the enormous deployment complexity of a 20-meter circular primary or the operational overhead of a starshade.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Sep. 2025
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But prorating three years of player profits down to 12 months, as UEFA’s rule does, reduces the immediate efficacy of successful trading in the market, the very strategy that poorer clubs increasingly rely on to climb the ladder.—
Chris Weatherspoon,
New York Times,
5 Sep. 2025
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The Egyptian government considers the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist group, but the United States does not.—
Victoria Moorwood,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
5 Sep. 2025
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The variety of blades can tackle several different pruning jobs, which makes this versatile set your new best friend until the first frost sets in.—
Stephanie Osmanski,
Better Homes & Gardens,
7 Sep. 2025
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The motor makes the turbo’s power boost available sooner.—
Mark Phelan,
USA Today,
7 Sep. 2025
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Goodwood implements a rule where competitors must run their cars on fuel that is at least 70 percent sustainable content, helping to ensure the event’s carbon footprint is reduced, while accommodating the specific needs of historic, and sometimes highly-strung, race cars.—
Alistair Charlton,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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For comparison, Simplifi supports MFA and implements similar encryption practices.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
2 Sep. 2025
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