instruct
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While weighing up whether to instruct Kavanagh to take a trip to the sidelines, England also looked at potential fouls by Trossard on Pablo and Declan Rice on Crysencio Summerville.
From BBC • May 10, 2026
Geofence warrants instruct technology companies to turn over data about any of their users who passed through a given geographic radius during a particular window of time.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026
Families described how they had to instruct solicitors, threaten court action and, as in Jacqueline's case, hire debt collectors to recoup money owed to them.
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026
If his drone is shot down, he can easily turn to his fellow pilot and instruct them on where the shooter is, he said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026
Because it was a violation of regulations for me to prepare a man’s case, I would instruct the prisoner to copy the document in his own hand.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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