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Recent Examples of Synonyms for working (at)
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Emergency services are scrambling to find survivors today, with military troops, police and civilian volunteers carrying out door-by-door searches.—
Alexandra Banner,
CNN Money,
1 Oct. 2025 -
In June, the Islamic State was suspected of carrying out a deadly suicide bombing at a Greek Orthodox church in Syria, which killed 22 worshipers and injured 63 others.—
Chris Massaro,
FOXNews.com,
24 Sep. 2025
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Distilled water was slowly poured in the sand bed, carrying off the brownish tannic acids.—
Shaun McKinnon,
AZCentral.com,
26 July 2025
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If Colorado wins the turnover battle, its chances of pulling off an upset increase.—
Steven Johnson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
3 Oct. 2025
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Trump has already shown his pragmatic side by pulling off a deal to keep TikTok in business in the US.—
semafor.com,
semafor.com,
2 Oct. 2025
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Bianka could be seen winding up and then throwing an impressive pitch down the plate at Dodgers Stadium to be caught by right fielder Mookie Betts, in a video shared on X by a Los Angeles Lakers fan account.—
Charna Flam,
People.com,
9 Aug. 2025
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The Biden administration took a more restrictive approach toward the export of American AI, primarily through limits on chip sales that sought to prevent the key hardware from winding up in the hands of foreign adversaries such as China.—
Julia Shapero,
The Hill,
30 July 2025
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Some of the utopians of the dot com bubble believed that the internet was going to massively enhance our productive ability to study and make art, bringing about a digital Renaissance.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Oct. 2025
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The Grim Reaper paid a visit to Fairmont Crest this week, bringing about the first major character death in Beyond the Gates‘ seven-month run.—
Andy Swift,
TVLine,
26 Sep. 2025
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“Working (at).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/working%20%28at%29. Accessed 11 Oct. 2025.
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