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instruct

[in-struhkt] / ɪnˈstrʌkt /




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“Now…. I have the chance to fly and instruct fighter pilots again!”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026

I then instruct the fact-checker to build a table that lists all the facts it’s checking and mark each one as “true,” “false,” “ambiguous” or “unsupported.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

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

Musk testified earlier in the week that while he did instruct Birchall to file the paperwork, it was just “in case it was needed, but it turned out not to be.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

It does not instruct, nor encourage virtue, nor suggest models of proper human behavior, nor restrain men from doing the things men have always done.

From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien




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