as in to execute
to carry through (as a process) to completion
the neurologists plan to prosecute their research for as long as funding remains available
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The document also goes into detail about the signatories’ plans to work more closely with law enforcement to share information about scammers and to prosecute them (notably, no law enforcement agencies were involved).
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Alan Henry, PC Magazine, 20 Mar. 2026
Out of the thousands of DUI cases Sonoma County has prosecuted since 2016, ultimately only six were flagged for a deeper review, Chief Deputy Dist.
—Fedor Zarkhin, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2026
Spooks deported instead of prosecuted.
—Adam Ciralsky, Vanity Fair, 19 Mar. 2026
Groff’s job was to prosecute Prager, but his testimony from the hearing reads more like a defense.
—Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 17 Mar. 2026
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Alan Henry, PC Magazine, 20 Mar. 2026
Out of the thousands of DUI cases Sonoma County has prosecuted since 2016, ultimately only six were flagged for a deeper review, Chief Deputy Dist.
—Fedor Zarkhin, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2026
Spooks deported instead of prosecuted.
—Adam Ciralsky, Vanity Fair, 19 Mar. 2026
Groff’s job was to prosecute Prager, but his testimony from the hearing reads more like a defense.
—Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 17 Mar. 2026
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But Smith is the type of player that always seems to execute when the pressure mounts, and his clutch play down the stretch could be the difference in the Sweet 16.—
Thomas Jones,
Austin American Statesman,
23 Mar. 2026
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And a new generation of large-scale artificial intelligence tools is further reshaping the way both countries approach and execute their military operations.—
Rafi Schwartz,
TheWeek,
23 Mar. 2026
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The agency is struggling to fulfill key parts of its public health mission, as waves of cutbacks, uncertainty in the workforce and a leadership vacuum have taken a toll.—
Pien Huang,
NPR,
25 Mar. 2026
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The band had been on a hiatus of more than three years because some members needed to fulfill their mandatory military service.—
Cynthia Kim,
USA Today,
24 Mar. 2026
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By this token, the politician who steals scraps of another’s rhetoric (even if the actual stealing is performed by speechwriters) is derided as if he had been found watching pornography.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
22 Mar. 2026
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Rocket Lab will perform 20 hypersonic test flights The signing of the latest contract is Rocket Lab’s single largest launch agreement yet.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Mar. 2026
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Michael suggested that the current war with Hezbollah could be the last and is likely to continue until Katz’s objectives are accomplished.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
26 Mar. 2026
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No American League pitcher has accomplished that feat.—
Ken Rosenthal,
New York Times,
25 Mar. 2026
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At the dinner, Norris spoke about how his politics put him on a path to achieve his life goal in helping youth focus on martial arts with his program Kickstart Kids.—
Brayden Garcia,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
21 Mar. 2026
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And the Zags have achieved that level of success over a generation.—
Thomas Jones,
Austin American Statesman,
21 Mar. 2026
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Can my body and mind do it all again?—
Karen Carney,
New York Times,
20 Mar. 2026
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Although the Commission did a U-turn after the parties sweetened the deal, the episode underscored that merger outcomes can bind companies with social taxes that may undermine their commercial merits.—
Tiisetso Motsoeneng,
semafor.com,
20 Mar. 2026
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Thursday, March 19, marked six years since the first COVID-19 lockdown was implemented in the United States.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
22 Mar. 2026
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If passed, the bill would implement consumer protections like prohibiting people under 21, allowing problem gamblers to self-exclude and capping maximum wagers.—
Jack Harvel,
Kansas City Star,
21 Mar. 2026
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Your 12th House of Inner Worlds hums as the Moon grumbles at combative Mars in your philosophical 9th house, making private worries flare when big debates start circling.—
Tarot.com,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Mar. 2026
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The terms were not disclosed and the judge did not make any order about costs.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
24 Mar. 2026
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“Prosecute.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prosecute. Accessed 26 Mar. 2026.
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