Example Sentences

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Researchers had tasked Mythos with trying to break out of its not-connected “sandbox” and it did.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

Months earlier, she had tasked her youngest son, Abdul Halim Hafidh Ameir, to lead a special intelligence unit known as Watu Wasiojulikana—or Unknown Assailants.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 10, 2025

Prigozhin had tasked Shugalei with gathering information and preparing a strategy to support Seif al-Islam Gaddafi, the son of former leader Muammar Gaddafi.

From BBC • Nov. 27, 2024

Biden said he had tasked his entire administration with finding levers to pull and knobs to twiddle that might reduce inflation.

From Salon • May 28, 2024

Nyame had tasked Anansi with capturing one of the Mmoatia to satisfy his price for the Story Box.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia