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performing

ADJECTIVE
fulfilling a function
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ADJECTIVE
taking part in a presentation
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In the current Singapore run of Les Misérables The Arena Spectacular, Salonga is performing alongside Nathania Ong who plays Eponine - the exact role Salonga made possible for other Asian actors to play.

From BBC • May 4, 2026

Images circulating on social media showed the truck performing a wheelie before swerving off the track and crashing into the barriers separating the public from the track.

From Barron's • May 4, 2026

Some high performing parents need a splash of water in the face.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

That same year, a documentary titled “David Allan Coe: The Mysterious Rhinestone” was released featuring the singer performing “33rd of August” from a prison cell at the Marion Correctional Institution in Ohio.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026

Mr. Wopsle shut his eyes, and opened them again; performing both ceremonies very slowly.

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens