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“We’re endeavoring to activate that park a lot more, working with our community members.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

He returns to the club after eight years in England, following PSG's decision to activate a £8.5m release clause in his contract.

From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026

They will require that autonomous vehicles feature safe procedures to activate and deactivate automated driving, it said.

From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026

Changes in the way muscle cells processed energy caused the cells to activate their own immune response.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 2026

The goddess Nemesis had promised him help, and he’d gotten it: the code to activate the Archimedes sphere.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

But the illness brought on by the worms, and the stirring awareness of her mortality, activates what Ms. Day calls a “coup of the primordial.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

Instead, the sprinkler system activates and floods the entire house, turning a contained problem into widespread damage.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 20, 2026

McBride fears the law would interfere with the making of devices like the one that activates his lifelike hand.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2026

Their signature heat comes from capsaicin, a natural compound that activates heat and pain sensing nerve receptors.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 14, 2026

So I sit in his seat and watch his computer screen as he activates a YouTube video.

From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen

Most of the duties will go into effect next month, the White House said, though tariffs on drones and components that aren’t “particularly sensitive” will be activated in six months.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026

He isn’t perfect, but has 16 saves and was serviceable filling in for Díaz before he was activated off the injured list on July 29.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

Because working-class voters, as they tell us themselves, are not simply waiting to be activated by the right program, messenger or phrase.

From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2026

Although the stimulation successfully activated the cells, it did not cause the rats to work harder or show any further rise in motivation.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 5, 2026

The Fire Department rang a second alarm at 1:41 P.M. and activated the big siren at the exposition’s Machinery Building.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

Wearers can record video or take a photo by touching the frame - usually activating a light on the glasses in the process.

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026

After meeting on Tuesday, Belgium's Risk Management Group said it was activating the "alert phase of the national ozone and heat plan" for only the second time.

From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026

More time is devoted to setting up the dramatic situation than to activating it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026

Scientists at Ruhr University Bochum found that the protein produced by CD99L2 works as an activating partner for CAPN1, a calcium-dependent protease already known to be involved in hereditary spastic paraplegia and ataxia.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 13, 2026

He flashed a smile, activating the zygomatic major.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell