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• The big bull reared up, came down with a thud of hoofs, and thundered into action.
  — Anton Money, Outdoor Life, 15 Aug. 2024
• If the whole world can see those dirty secrets, maybe they’ll be spurred into action.
  — WIRED, 24 Mar. 2023
• Well, all that and years of coaxing the home office into action.
  — Rich Ceppos, Car and Driver, 7 May 2023
• As soon as the humans lowered the pots into the water, the creatures sprang into action and grabbed the fish off the hooks.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Nov. 2023
• When my friend’s foot hit the bottom step, Whiskey sprang into action.
  — Richard Mann, Field & Stream, 8 Feb. 2024
• When the sound of ice crunching beneath tires alerted the men to the day’s first customers, the kitchen sprung into action.
  — Yaqoob Akbary Kiana Hayeri, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2023
• Even though Shane is grown with his own family, the mom in me spurred into action.
  — Rita Nader Heikenfeld, The Enquirer, 12 Jan. 2024
• There are still questions about how the whole system will click into action when a storm hits.
  — Xander Peters, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 June 2024
• In fact, this group has already put their views into action.
  — Thomas Kochan and John S. Ahlquist, Harvard Business Review, 7 Oct. 2024
• If a doctor happens to be on board, they could be called into action.
  — Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 12 May 2023
• In the footage at the pond, Cobb sprints to his car to get a window punch, and other bystanders quickly spring into action.
  — Charmaine Patterson, Peoplemag, 15 Aug. 2024
• Dodd sprung into action and, within hours, found his way to the front door of Nicole's family home.
  — Johnny Dodd, Peoplemag, 11 Apr. 2024
• Ren is content to float through it all, until, as has always been the hero’s fate, he is pushed into action.
  — Chris Vognar, BostonGlobe.com, 27 July 2023
• What may have kicked the bond market into action: Selling prices jumped.
  — Eric Wallerstein, WSJ, 15 Sep. 2023
• Use this time to set your plans into action—nothing can stop you, Virgo!
  — Jacqueline Tempera, Women's Health, 31 July 2023
• Jo jumped into action to fix the problem and performed surgery bedside.
  — Stephanie Wenger, Peoplemag, 12 May 2023
• And while Rhaenyra and Jace hug each other and sob in her quarters, Daemon sets his next plan into action.
  — Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 16 June 2024
• The potential problem is that you might get swept away when wild talk crosses the line into action.
  — Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 8 Aug. 2023
• Some people are lucky enough to go beyond talking about it and have sprung into action.
  — Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 7 Feb. 2024
• But once April hits and the summer heat begins to roll in, their department springs into action.
  — Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 17 Aug. 2023
• Police have said Koonce jumped into action, trying to stop the shooter.
  — Mark Strassmann, CBS News, 6 Apr. 2023
• The band finished its set and returned for an encore, and Bittner’s plan went into action.
  — Kylie Martin, Detroit Free Press, 28 July 2023
• After a three-day holiday break the team got right back into action and rust is not the biggest concern.
  — Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 1 Jan. 2024
• The team springs into action, scooping up the specimen.
  — Cheryl Katz, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Nov. 2023
• The noise woke her daughter, who sprung into action and wrapped her brother in soaking-wet towels.
  — Eshaan Sarup, The Arizona Republic, 9 Sep. 2023
• Other troops wait beside a wall for their order to go into action.
  — Helen Rummel, The Arizona Republic, 6 June 2023
• What follows is an all-out blaze in the home that sprang local firefighters into action.
  — Danielle Jennings, Peoplemag, 7 Aug. 2024
• Now, all that remains is to put Victoria’s routine into action and await skin as sparkling as hers.
  — Georgia Day, Vogue, 10 Jan. 2024
• The ultimate acknowledgment, of course, is to put a team member’s feedback into action.
  — Leon E. Moores, Md, Dsc, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
• When one of them, a conspiracy theorist, fires a gun at a cell tower, the police spring into action and violence ensues.
  — Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 20 Nov 2024