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One driver told the BBC his firm would do up to 15 drop-offs daily from a hotel in south-east London to a doctors surgery around two miles away.

From BBC ● Feb. 4, 2026

We can do up to three miles together, and then she’s very, very happy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 13, 2025

"Space exploration was to further our knowledge and to help mankind. What are they going to do up there that is going to help us down here?"

From BBC ● Apr. 18, 2025

As they say, Blinken is on a high wire right now—and he’s got a lot of balancing to do up there.

From Slate ● Oct. 27, 2023

I bend over to do up my red shoes; lighter weight these days, with discreet slits cut in them, though nothing so daring as sandals.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood


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