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[surv] / sɜrv /




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One received active nerve stimulation, while the other used a sham device designed to serve as a comparison.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026

Adults who often serve as vital caregivers confront what it means to welcome grandchildren later in life.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026

While frontier AI labs and major cloud-services providers compete to make and serve the best models, at the end of the day, their heavy spending benefits Nvidia, Behan said in emailed comments.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026

Betancourt, who will serve as the chief executive, is the only board member named by the agreement.

From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026

Once a year, Washington also issued each enslaved worker a new blanket that often had to serve double duty for farm chores—like gathering wood or vegetables—as well as keeping warm.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis

Attanasio, who made his fortune in money management in Los Angeles, serves on the board of LA28, Harvard-Westlake High and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

A figure like Thomas serves as a living symbol of its cultural greatness—connecting back to Beethoven, Goethe, Bach—coveted by both sides of this newly bisected nation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

"Our litigation is intended to protect this community jewel for the people and communities it serves," Democracy Forward, the group representing the plaintiffs, said in a statement on social media.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

Musk says that both companies have formed special board committees to discuss a potential merger, adding that he serves on neither committee and that no deal is guaranteed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

In chess, a second’s job is to be an attendant, advisor, advocate, and majordomo for the player he serves.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

Participants are served food and drinks, with each event inspiring a signature cocktail.

From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2026

A spokesman for the U.S. attorney’s office in Los Angeles said 57 of California’s 58 counties were served the letters, with the exception of Los Angeles, which had already received a notice.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026

California's most recent Republican governor was "The Terminator" actor Arnold Schwarzenegger, who served from 2003 to 2011.

From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2026

The Student List is up against a Serbian leader who has served successively as deputy prime minister, prime minister and president since 2012.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

“It must be him. And the time he served with the Snow Queen...I mean, Snow White...”

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley

Trucks serving these places travel long distances and at times were mostly empty.

From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2026

He was accused of serving in Ukraine's armed forces and convicted in a trial in Moscow before being sentenced to six years and 10 months.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

El Salvador has deployed special forces to Haiti after four of its soldiers serving in a UN-backed force in the Caribbean nation went missing following a gang ambush, officials said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

Early on in “Klara and the Sun,” Michael Giacchino’s aggressively precious score makes its first appearance, practically serving as a warning for what’s to come.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

Conscription was introduced in May 1917, and by the war’s end, nearly 4 million men were serving with the United States ground forces.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman


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