as in to accept
to take to or upon oneself
undertook the responsibility of raising the orphaned children as their own
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Multiple security officials across Europe describe a threat that is metastasizing as Russian agents, increasingly under scrutiny by security services and frustrated in their own operations, hire local amateurs to undertake high-risk, and often deniable, crimes on their behalf.
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Tara John, CNN, 4 Nov. 2024
Our adversaries like Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea are working closer together than ever before and appear far more willing to undertake acts of aggression.
—Pat Fallon, National Review, 3 Nov. 2024
Usually, this data training is undertaken by scanning vast amounts of text found on the Internet, including essays, stories, narratives, poems, and so on.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
There’s a growing sense of pride and identity that resonates globally and challenges the idea of where the world’s best cocktails come from.
– Laura Hernández, founder of La Sala de Laura
Zest, in the Gangnam district of Seoul, has undertaken the goal of creating an explicitly Korean cocktail bar.
—Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 2 Nov. 2024
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Tara John, CNN, 4 Nov. 2024
Our adversaries like Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea are working closer together than ever before and appear far more willing to undertake acts of aggression.
—Pat Fallon, National Review, 3 Nov. 2024
Usually, this data training is undertaken by scanning vast amounts of text found on the Internet, including essays, stories, narratives, poems, and so on.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
There’s a growing sense of pride and identity that resonates globally and challenges the idea of where the world’s best cocktails come from.
– Laura Hernández, founder of La Sala de Laura
Zest, in the Gangnam district of Seoul, has undertaken the goal of creating an explicitly Korean cocktail bar.
—Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 2 Nov. 2024
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Trending Nationally In concession speech, Kamala Harris says US must accept election results while urging supporters to keep fighting Donald Trump has sweeping plans for a second administration.Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
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Vice President Kamala Harris refused to accept any responsibility for the inflation that has devastated the middle-class and lower-income groups.Richard Stacy, The Denver Post, 7 Nov. 2024
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Finally, after 20 years of struggle, protests, court battles and even picketing the home of Warren Buffett, whose company had assumed ownership of the dams, an agreement was reached to demolish the dams.Debra Utacia Krol, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2024
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The approval is a relief for Boeing’s new CEO, Kelly Ortberg, who assumed the role in August to steer the company through its safety and manufacturing crises.Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 5 Nov. 2024
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Three years later, U2 lead singer Bono, singer-songwriter Bob Geldof and Jones met with Pope John Paul II as part of an effort to erase the debt load shouldered by Third World nations.Steve Marble, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
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Another shortcoming of the lawsuit campaign is the presumption that the United States contributes the most to carbon and other greenhouse gas emissions and, thus, should shoulder the burden of mitigation.Dan Ikenson, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Undertake.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undertake. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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