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can do

[kan-doo] / ˈkænˈdu /






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“I guess I’m just going to still be stuck with fixing them when they break them. The best I can do then is to make the surgery as elegant as possible.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

"It's amazing the damage that a human being can do in a very short amount of time," said ecologist Richard Fishbourne.

From BBC • May 26, 2026

“The most obvious way you can do this is if you’re a content creator,” Stojkovic told MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch • May 26, 2026

Now, I’m like, we can do this and it’s not going to blow our budget out of the water.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026

All I can do is look after my children and look after my animals, and I will do both, to my dying breath.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo




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