operate
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If anything, SpaceX’s breakthroughs have created the modern space economy in which Rocket Lab and other companies can operate.
From Barron's • May 22, 2026
Engineers at SpaceX have acknowledged difficulties developing the rocket, which they hope in the future to operate more like a plane zipping in and out of airports.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
The company said it has collected 170 million autonomous miles, with 13 times fewer injury-causing collisions compared with human drivers in the routes they operate in.
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026
Kalshi told the BBC that it tracks users trying to access the platform from countries in which it doesn't operate and kick them off it.
From BBC • May 21, 2026
Barriers to re-entry, specifically the myriad laws that operate to discriminate against people with criminal records in every aspect of their social, economic, and political lives, must be eliminated.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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