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[doo, doo, duh] / du, dʊ, də /








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“It’s the best feeling ever when you can learn to do them.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

“So what I do is just try to enhance the experience like a little salt and pepper. Season it up a little bit.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Share your tips with us on how you do it.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

“What was the problem? Why did you do that? You had no reason to do that.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

“I’ve had my doubts. You toiling for Thompson. Me growing up to do the same.”

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

Everyone has sartorial do’s and don’ts for work.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

Across schools, the bigger fix would be more precision from administrators on AI do’s and don’ts, Anand said.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 22, 2026

"Did she think she had the right to do that? Did her production team tell her what the do's and don'ts were?"

From BBC ● Feb. 2, 2026

The DMA is part of the European Union's bolstered legal armoury that seeks to make the digital sphere fairer with a list of do's and don'ts for Big Tech.

From Barron's ● Nov. 18, 2025

“Den y’all go out do’s a while,” she said.

From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner

The nearly 20-acre property is located near Angra dos Reis, a coastal region around two hours from Rio de Janeiro.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026

The helicopters collided in Recreio dos Bandeirantes, a western suburb of Rio de Janeiro, then plummeted into the parking lot of an electric car dealership, setting ablaze around 20 cars, firefighters said.

From Barron's ● Jun. 14, 2026

Giovani dos Santos, Gerard Deulofeu, Ansu Fati, Munir El Haddadi and, most notably, Bojan Krkic are just a few of the players who have been cited as the next great thing.

From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026

Fabricio Ramos dos Santos is a lawyer, entrepreneur and sports investor.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2026

All she could see were her own feet, plodding along as she counted “Uno, dos, uno, dos.”

From "Lupita Mañana" by Patricia Beatty

But he does note that lymphatic drainage massages can feel "relaxing" and some people "can notice a temporary reduction in swelling".

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

But surely the folks at Suno and Udio — prompt-based AI apps that spit out “newly” “created” “songs” to a user’s specifications — could do what Mars does for a fraction of the cost, right?

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

“I would have thought a budget that does imply an effort of consolidation would get a more positive reaction, but markets skipped forward,” said Benjamin Schroeder, an interest-rate strategist at ING.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

That doesn’t mean the XLF can’t keep falling, but it does suggest a period of consolidation may be approaching, or even a retest of resistance at $53.50.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

Now he wants us to go on a pretend date, which is ridiculous, and his calling it “practice” makes it perfectly, officially clear that he does not see me in the least bit romantically.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

“What was the problem? Why did you do that? You had no reason to do that.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

"It's a bit chicken and egg. Did Spain distance itself from European allies, or did they distance themselves from us?" asks Victor Cortizo, a lawyer and academic specialising in Sino-Spanish relations.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

Sefcovic told reporters that he did not go into details with Greer on energy exports.

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026

“His life did matter, Ryan did matter, his death matters and we will carry his memory for the rest of ours,” said his mother, Kim Clinkunbroomer.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

What sort of pointers did he think I could give?

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

While there was little that could be done for the Swiss' deserved second, the goalkeeper didn't cover himself in glory for the third goal, with Zeki Amdouni's finish going through him.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

In a voice message to the Journal, Islam repeated that he had done nothing wrong.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

The costumers have done a great job of supporting the characters; the soundtrack music, by Oli Julian, is unusual enough to notice without overwhelming the action.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

While in theory, new U.S. refineries could be built with exports in mind, there’s a much better value-creation proposition in exporting crude, which the country has successfully done.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

I push that memory away and focus on what I know will be the trajectory of my life once I’m done with high school in two years.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

So far, Portugal seems to be doing fine without Ronaldo, with Ramos scoring again Thursday during a 4-2 win over Denmark.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Abbey, who has endometriosis which she says causes her to feel bloated, began doing her own massage routines twice a week aer seeing social media posts about lymphatic drainage.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

But they struggle to find a business case for doing anything differently.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

Hathaway is arch and expressive, doing subtle things with her eyes and voice that no one else can.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Don’t forget to breathe when you feel nervous, and don’t forget to breathe when you’re freaking out like she was doing now.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith




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