take steps
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The shelter can then take steps toward adoption and fostering the animal, according to Special Assistant Dist.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026
Secretary-General António Guterres urged the two sides to take steps to avoid “a broader and more devastating conflict.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
It called for an investigation and urged all parties to resolve their differences through dialogue and take steps to prevent similar incidents.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
Town hall-hopefuls have also pledged to clean up graffiti-covered train stations, end "forever-building sites", fix buckled cycling lanes and take steps to ease a desperate shortage of affordable housing.
From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026
I thought I should do something, take steps; but I didn’t know what steps I could take.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
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