Example Sentences

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Another significant hurdle was performing with a telephone as one of the other main characters in much of the film.

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026

The “Love & Hip-Hop: Hollywood” star, who is singer-actor Brandy’s brother, was performing in Shreveport, La.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2026

He found the confidence to open the account a year and a half ago after hearing about how well the market was performing, and feeling as though he was missing out.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 15, 2026

Prof Ben Lehner, the head of generative and synthetic genomics at the Wellcome Sanger Institute, said they had tested AlphaGenome in more than half a million experiments and it was performing very well.

From BBC • Jan. 28, 2026

This wasn’t a job she was performing to pay off her debt to Per Haskell.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo