in action
Example Sentences
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Paraguay forward Gabriel Avalos, left, and Australia defender Aziz Behich in action.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 27, 2026
Tonight at 6 Eastern some big names are in action: I’m watching Morocco–Haiti, but you might choose Scotland–Brazil instead.
From Slate • Jun. 24, 2026
Egg, who is revealed to be Prince Aegon V Targaryen, has never known brotherly love or witnessed goodness in action until he meets Dunk, one of the lowest of the lowborn.
From Salon • Jun. 20, 2026
"I think it was a brilliant display of British democracy in action," Pownall told the BBC, as he sees people running in costumes as a a part of Britain's "unique eccentric energy".
From BBC • Jun. 19, 2026
Therefore the government volcanologists called in to monitor and forecast St. Helens’s behavior primarily had seen only Hawaiian volcanoes in action, and they, it turned out, were not the same thing at all.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
