operated
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He opposed the exchanges, he said, because “all they were doing was learning how we operated carriers so they could operate their own.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
This suggests that the processes responsible for creating planetesimals may have operated in much the same way across different environments.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2026
They are particularly concerned about the potential loss of another service at Ysbyty Penrhos Stanley, which previously lost its four-bed hospice unit operated by St David's Hospice in 2025.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026
The update approved Thursday sets rules for the Sacramento River and the rest of the Delta, where pumps operated by state and federal agencies send water flowing in aqueducts to farms and cities.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
Through a federally funded job training program operated by Goodwill Industries, McNair found a $9-an-hour job at a warehouse twenty miles—two buses and a taxi ride—away.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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