operator

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In January 2025, the head of Northern Ireland's public transport operator, Translink, told a Stormont committee he had "concerns" about more taxis being allowed in some bus lanes.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

A mission operator engineer at Goonhilly Earth Station in Cornwall, he spent the flight glued to live radio links from the Orion capsule, listening in on real‑time chatter between the spacecraft and Houston.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

The pontiff is more popular than the president—and is a methodical political operator.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

“Amazon is effectively solving its FCC deadline problem by acquiring a functioning satellite operator while also leapfrogging into direct-to-device connectivity, a market SpaceX’s Starlink has been targeting,” Wedbush analyst Michael Piccolo wrote Wednesday.

From Barron's • Apr. 15, 2026

In those days, phone calls were manually patched through by an operator at a switchboard, with long-distance calls often relayed through multiple switchboards.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann