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take the role of



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They will take the role of nurses and aides and in some cases provide the emotional support that used to come from family and friends.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 14, 2025

Skobin said he wouldn’t take the role of commissioner lightly.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 22, 2025

The on-screen Blue Boy Scout conveyed a Smallville-bred sense of humility throughout, saying he almost didn’t take the role of Superman for fear of being too busy to help with a newborn.

From Salon Jul. 13, 2025

It's an asymmetric game where four people take the role of survivors trying to avoid the clutches of a killer controlled by a fifth player.

From BBC Jun. 16, 2023

Never can the conventions of the Occident become those of the Far East; and never will foreign missionaries be suffered in Japan to take the role of a police of morals.

From Kokoro Japanese Inner Life Hints by Lafcadio Hearn




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