act with

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Burris said the experience has given him flashbacks to the period before King’s beating and the subsequent protests over police brutality, when officers felt they could act with impunity.

From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026

“My Administration must act with the Congress to ensure that there is a minimally burdensome national standard—not 50 discordant State ones,” wrote President Donald Trump in a December executive order External link.

From Barron's • May 26, 2026

“We are in the hardest phase of this outbreak. We need to act with urgency; this is overwhelming.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026

Tatel is legally blind and seemingly feared that the justice would act with factual blindness.

From Slate • May 7, 2026

I had to act with grace, with swift, athletic timing.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides