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[doo, doo, duh] / du, dʊ, də /








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Her second album, “Bewitched,” was soon to be released and she wanted to do something big to celebrate it.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 16, 2026

Should they do so, it would be Arsenal's first successful top-flight title defence since way back in 1934-35.

From BBC Aug. 16, 2026

In it, she looks into problems that arise when machines don’t challenge us the way humans do.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 16, 2026

Much as we respect that with great power comes great responsibility, it’s a lot dreamier to imagine what we could do with all that might if it were simply handed to us.

From Salon Aug. 16, 2026

All complex animals have nerve cells, but no animal has as many nerve cells as humans do.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman

On ICYMI, host Kate Lindsay and Slate tech editor Tony Ho Tran break down the digital do’s and don’ts for couples, and argue that the thing that ruined dating might actually be making relationships better.

From Slate Jul. 22, 2026

The DMA comes with a list of do's and don'ts for the world's biggest digital platforms in an attempt to keep them in check and create an open online space.

From Barron's Jul. 8, 2026

Across schools, the bigger fix would be more precision from administrators on AI do’s and don’ts, Anand said.

From MarketWatch Jun. 22, 2026

Here are some do’s and don’ts to remember when using AI for performance reviews:

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 24, 2026

After practice, everybody came over to me, doing the best they could to hold their words in but sending me all their what did you do's with their eyes.

From "Ghost" by Jason Reynolds

The helicopters collided in Recreio dos Bandeirantes, a western suburb of Rio de Janeiro, then plummeted into the parking lot of an electric car dealership, setting ablaze around 20 cars, firefighters said.

From Barron's Jun. 14, 2026

The researchers are now testing moringa seed extract on water collected from the Paraíba do Sul River, which supplies São José dos Campos.

From Science Daily Apr. 20, 2026

Yet tourists might find themselves entirely alone at Cromeleque dos Almendres which along with the smaller and less-visited Cromeleque de Vale Maria do Meio are mysterious mini-Stonehenge circles of planted stone monoliths.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 27, 2026

Alison dos Santos of Jamaica, the bronze medalist in both the Tokyo and Paris Games, won the men’s 400 hurdles in 46.65.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 5, 2025

I flashed back to Annette and Renee’s matching super-short dos, and suddenly, it all made sense.

From "Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie" by Jordan Sonnenblick

Leave college, keep the network: “Not once” does Guo say she wished she’d taken more courses at Carnegie Mellon.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 16, 2026

It does this by reducing friction between your cartilage and joints.

From Science Daily Aug. 16, 2026

But in some cases, there really does appear to be an increase — and California is front and center.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 16, 2026

TikTok does not allow political ads so videos have to compete for views.

From Barron's Aug. 16, 2026

“Grandma, what does that mean? And why didn’t you tell me that gold Flashes were a thing?”

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

“I did not give my consent to any Trustee of my Trust to withhold, defer, or retain my Age-30 Distribution indefinitely,” Reiner said.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 16, 2026

Al-Nassr opened their Saudi Pro League title defence against Al Fateh on Saturday and Ronaldo did not play, but he watched the champions win from the stands with his family.

From BBC Aug. 16, 2026

I did fine, but no one really listened.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 16, 2026

The more surprising story isn’t what’s happening in the world’s most important crude chokepoint — it’s why the oil market no longer seems to care as much as it did just a few months ago.

From MarketWatch Aug. 16, 2026

I still feel like I did back then.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

But Behrens Wu said she realized she needed to hire smart people who had been there and done that.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 16, 2026

By ElAttrache’s estimation, he has performed the operation between 50 and 75 times per year over his career — including the two he has done on Ohtani, one in 2018 and one in 2023.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 16, 2026

It means they begin this campaign as defending champions - something they have not done since the 2004-05 season.

From BBC Aug. 16, 2026

Hundreds of others, armed with mats, tents and pillows, had done the same.

From Barron's Aug. 16, 2026

The badger left, and Clare was comforted to be done with her forever.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

It might even mean that they will soon be living near one but receive no compensation for the burden of doing so.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 16, 2026

You have to ask, “what are we doing to the planet and does that mean we will encounter more diseases?” said Janet Foley, a disease ecologist at the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 16, 2026

Think of it instead as a very light weekend project, the kind you can tend occasionally while doing something else nearby.

From Salon Aug. 16, 2026

Down the street at D’s Thirsty Beaver bar, Danielle Rees is doing a test run on serving breakfast.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 16, 2026

A doctor makes the diagnosis by doing a test called a biopsy.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly




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