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Last fall, David Osit’s level-headed documentary “Predators” examined the ethics of a show that primarily snared people who’d never before acted on their terrible urges.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
Customs Deputy Chief of Staff Noel Bendijo told AFP they had acted on intelligence from their own officers in Zamboanga.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
He said he acted on a fuller understanding of what his customers care about.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
He said the "multi-agency failings need a multi-agency review" and that lessons should be learned and acted on.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
The air of the moors, the freedom of home, the dawn of prosperity, acted on Diana and Mary’s spirits like some life-giving elixir: they were gay from morning till noon, and from noon till night.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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