act like
Example Sentences
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Today, Rocket Lab’s small-lift Electron rockets act like outer-space Ubers, delivering clusters of satellites into custom trajectories on behalf of imaging companies, government agencies and researchers.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026
There, she can be any version of what the audience believes an obsessed woman might act like — what outrageous and unpredictable things she might do next.
From Salon • Jun. 4, 2026
The more carbon there is in soil, we’re told, the more water it can hold and the more it can act like the “carbon sink” it’s inclined to be.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026
“Who would act like that except someone who thinks they can do whatever they want and there’s no consequences?”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026
I want to act like nothing’s wrong, like there wasn’t a weird moment that reminded me of death and Khalid.
From "King and the Dragonflies" by Kacen Callender
