operation

Example Sentences

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The Pentagon statement on Sunday defined the operation as "a right-of-visit, maritime interdiction and boarding".

From BBC

In the two weeks since Guthrie's disappearance, the FBI and Pima County sheriff's officers have conducted a massive search operation involving helicopters, sniffer dogs, hundreds of officers, and thousands of tips called in.

From BBC

Inside our operations room in Ramallah, time slowed to something unbearable.

From Los Angeles Times

Despite the "ample grazing" in the area, plans were made to mount a rescue operation - but the difficult terrain meant that specialist equipment would be needed.

From BBC

A week later, Bass staged her first Inside Safe operation in Raman’s district, on a stretch of Cahuenga Boulevard in Hollywood.

From Los Angeles Times