actors

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Current and former government officials familiar with the companies’ environmental record called them routine bad actors.

From Salon • Jun. 10, 2026

It just makes me laugh because we have no control, as actors, over where they believe that we belong.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

"We're striking that balance between making sure that any bad actors that...try to come into the country under the guise of the World Cup will not get access to the United States," he added.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

Since Lebanon’s civil war ended in 1990, the army has disarmed various nonstate actors, played intermediary between rival political factions and has cracked down on drug smuggling and Islamist groups.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

Beside her, she saw the shadows and the shimmering echo of stagehands and wardrobe attendants and actors hurrying past her, laughing and chattering in Yiddish.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny