act
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Where economies like the Philippines have opted to act aggressively to stop energy costs from spilling over into broader inflation, Thailand has had the advantage of entering the oil crisis with low inflation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026
Supporters of the centres say they would act as a deterrent for would-be irregular migrants.
From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026
Julianne Moore is a consensus pick for her careening high-wire act as an overlooked housewife discovering a life in the theater in “The Debut.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026
On Sunday, the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem, Theophilos III, visited wounded survivors of the attack, which he condemned as a "vile, cowardly, and bloody act".
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026
As their last act, they lowered and packed the ship’s tattered American flag.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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As lifespans stretch toward 100, workers will have to get their heads around a novel idea: The standard career, with its three tidy acts of education, work and retirement, is over.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
Along with this “absolute immunity,” the justices also granted “at least presumptive immunity” for other official acts.
From Salon ● Oct. 27, 2026
With all traces of Laveaux gone, the Captain takes the stage and begins introducing acts, including aerialists and fire performers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026
This enzyme acts as an important checkpoint, helping determine how much fat can enter mitochondria for use as fuel.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026
One of his last acts as president was to place on file in the State Department his rejoinder to Bache’s accusations, which historians have long since discovered were based on forged English documents.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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Eclipses, auroras, and other extraordinary astronomical events were sometimes considered warnings that an emperor had acted improperly.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026
To convict them of a crime, laws often also require prosecutors to prove that they acted intentionally or knowingly.
From Slate ● Oct. 25, 2026
"I think this is a shocking story of somebody who deliberately acted fraudulently and laundered money and he should be punished," she said.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
The FBI’s exploration of an economic espionage case doesn’t necessarily mean the government would allege that Alfozan acted at the behest of the Saudi government.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026
She and Beowulf acted out a brief swordfight in which they both met gruesome ends, much like the conclusion of Hamlet.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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“I had my normal ‘Dave’ acting career jobs that had nothing to do with John Goblikon, and the worlds didn’t cross much,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026
How RSI is acting at that time would also matter.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026
This year, several senior Trump administration and Pentagon officials have visited Philly Shipyard, including acting Secretary of the Navy Hung Cao and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026
"As AI systems become more capable of generating novel decisions and acting with greater autonomy, we need to ensure that their behaviour remains safe, reliable and under meaningful human control," he said.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026
She was acting like it was the end of the world and Nova was never coming back, but that wasn’t true.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
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