undertaking
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Liu Pengyu, spokesman for the Chinese Embassy in Washington, said China "welcomes all efforts conducive to peace and supports Pakistan in actively undertaking mediation."
From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026
The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits in recent weeks has remained low, suggesting that employers aren’t undertaking major layoffs in the wake of the latest Middle East conflict.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
Indiana is undertaking a wider overhaul of how it covers autism therapy.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
“Songwriting is a difficult undertaking that gets harder and harder because you have to top your past work,” Sedaka told The Times in 1996.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026
“Had Mr. Carey been solicited to such an undertaking, what would he have demanded?”
From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy
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