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For every great Statham movie — “Spy,” “Snatch,” “Crank” and its even better sequel — he makes three clunkers that task him merely to scowl and punch.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

The task, she found, carried risks of its own.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

The task is to prove this is not a short-lived policy, and corners and set-pieces can be cleaned up.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

They also ignore the strategy and skill that Ossoff brought to the task.

From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026

I went back to my task and finally succeeded.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo

Even something as familiar as driving requires several mental tasks at once.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026

OpenRouter had the opposite view: that no single model would win, and developers would increasingly use many of them for different tasks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

Unitree’s humanoid robots can walk, run and climb and “can imitate & reinforce the learning drive” said the company, referring to algorithms that train the robot’s artificial intelligence as it undertakes tasks.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026

"The next phase of the industry is less about demonstrating that a robot can walk and more about demonstrating that it can perform economically useful tasks," Morningstar equity analyst Kangyuxiao Li told AFP.

From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026

We went along with Alexia’s grand plan because it was easier not to have her involved in our tasks.

From "Because of Mr. Terupt" by Rob Buyea

Ideally, it’s good to have an accountant who focuses on tax compliance and single-year issues, and a CFP tasked with portfolio management and tax planning over multiple years.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026

When Conagra’s vice president of culinary innovation Tom Frain first learned about growing adoption of GLP-1s, he envisioned being tasked with designing rabbit food made with kale and fiber supplements.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

Parents have told BBC Panorama that the agency tasked with helping to secure financial support for children after separation or divorce is driving them to breaking point.

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026

A liaison officer was tasked with coordinating the aerial resources "to prevent accidents," she said.

From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026

She was tasked with sorting and classifying them, with her unit’s help.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield

OpenAI recently hired Denise Dresser, the former Slack CEO, as chief revenue officer, tasking her with growing sales among large businesses looking to adopt AI tools in their workforces.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

Manchester United confirmed Michael Carrick as interim manager until the end of the season on Tuesday, tasking him with leading the Red Devils back into the Champions League.

From Barron's ● Jan. 13, 2026

Google is acquiring Intersect’s workforce and gigawatts of active joint projects, while tasking the company with developing new technologies to expand the energy supply for U.S. data centers.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 22, 2025

The US and South Korea accuse North Korea of tasking thousands of staff to take on multiple well-paid western roles remotely to earn money for the regime and avoid sanctions.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2024

Hour upon hour Adèle pondered over that tragic episode, tasking herself to imagine what message the dying woman could have had to communicate, and wondering if the future would ever clear up the mystery.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 98, December, 1865 by Various