Example Sentences
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His mother, Maisie Savage, from London, was operated on by doctors in the US while she was 26 weeks pregnant.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
The doomed plane was operated by AeroDiana, which offers sightseeing trips lasting 30 minutes to an hour over the site, which is best seen from the air.
From Barron's ● Aug. 2, 2026
Rimpac also served as a test bed for allied navies to see how its warships operated in formation with other vessels, unmanned vehicles and jet fighters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026
Theater operated as a civic technology, a structured environment in which a society could examine itself in public.
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026
The tavern operated as a typical nineteenth-century roadside establishment.
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
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