operation
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Wildlife officers have busted an illegal cockroach-breeding operation in rural Australia, seizing a skin-crawling haul worth more than $100,000 on the black market for exotic bugs.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
Brazil and Sweden on Thursday also agreed to set up a centre dedicated to developing new systems and equipment for the operation, maintenance, and modernisation of the Gripen aircraft in Brazil.
From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026
The insularity of the “60 Minutes” operation — which has its own suite of offices across the street from the main headquarters of CBS News — has rankled the network’s executives in the past.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026
Last year, the Washington-based Foundation for Defense of Democracies think tank identified what it said was a likely Chinese intelligence operation targeting laid-off U.S. government employees.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
The Battle of Kursk was a huge operation, and they felt that they were making a difference.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
Vocabulary lists containing operation
Arithmetic
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The Number System
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The ACT Math Test: Number and Quantity
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