Example Sentences

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Detectives have been undertaking a UK-wide investigation to identify the owners of each of the dead dogs.

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026

She chose an activity that she thought she should have been undertaking with a similar commitment to regularity, but was not.

From New York Times • Mar. 14, 2023

“The work is really a continuation of the culture work that we have been undertaking for the past couple years,” Davis said.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 11, 2022

Victims of such missteps have been undertaking legal action to get reparations for false arrest, imprisonment, and generally a violation of their civil rights.

From Slate • Apr. 24, 2021

The most serious is that U.S. spymasters may have been undertaking unauthorized covert operations and all the while furthering the ends of B.C.C.I.

From Time Magazine Archive