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set out





















VERB
set sail
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Athlos set out to be different, and it definitely felt that.

From BBC Sep. 18, 2026

He set out to use the firm’s commodity-chemical sales to finance what Mr. Werth calls “a more innovative organization for discovering new products.”

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 18, 2026

"We set out to identify cells that push the self-destruct button but survive anyway," Braun explains.

From Science Daily Sep. 18, 2026

An independent commission led by Baroness Louise Casey is now under way to set out a plan for a national care service, a Labour 2024 election manifesto pledge.

From BBC Sep. 13, 2026

Tomorrow, Torak and Wolf would set out into the bear-haunted Forest -and Torak had no idea what he was going to do.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver




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