How to Use to do in a Sentence
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His body did what it was trained to do, his mind locked into race mode.
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George Edwards,
New York Times,
14 Aug. 2026
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Don’t stay up too late, though; there’s plenty to do by day as well.
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Zoe Baillargeon,
Travel + Leisure,
22 Dec. 2025
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It gets built when there’s a job to do and taken apart when the job is done.
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Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2026
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Taking away one of the two wouldn’t mean that the kid doesn’t still want to do it!
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Jessica Gelt,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Aug. 2026
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Now there’s nothing left to do but, well, framble those eggs!
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Rebecca Firkser,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
21 Aug. 2026
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That’s being a part of what a point guard is, not trying to do too much.
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Edgar Thompson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
7 Aug. 2026
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One loved the script, and the other hated the script and didn't want to do it.
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Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
3 July 2026
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That’s why we are drawn to do some of the dumber stuff when things get to their darkest.
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Mikey O'Connell,
HollywoodReporter,
31 July 2026
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Our people know what to do if something like that was to happen.
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Stephanie Gravalese,
Forbes.com,
1 Aug. 2026
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There is also a cleaner way to do the thing the rule claims to enable.
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Ingmar Rentzhog,
Forbes.com,
4 July 2026
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Here’s what to do if skunks become a problem in your yard and how to get rid of them.
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Arricca Elin Sansone,
Southern Living,
21 Aug. 2026
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Your ideas travel farther when people know what to do with them.
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Tarot.com,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Aug. 2026
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What inspired you to do more than act on this specific project?
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Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
3 July 2026
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It's built by permitting them to do less of what doesn't matter.
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Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
31 July 2026
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To this point, the party’s leadership seems at sea about what to do.
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The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
5 July 2026
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Give yourselves a pat on the back, but don’t expect your viewers to do the same.
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Ticked Off,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 Aug. 2026
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The union says the city still has not complied, even though the court gave it 60 days to do so.
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Ben Wheeler,
Kansas City Star,
10 July 2026
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Your buyer is looking at ten businesses that all look able to do the job.
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Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2026
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Most of the world was fumbling and scared, and Fauci seemed to have some idea of what to do.
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Amy Davidson Sorkin,
New Yorker,
1 Aug. 2026
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But the player standing at the other end of the court needs to do a lot more than just watch the ball.
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Michelle Spear,
Scientific American,
11 July 2026
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Let any stain-specific pretreatments sit on the spot for a while to do its job.
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Bridget Reed Morawski,
Architectural Digest,
17 July 2026
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Morris won’t be checking in for permission slips or tips on what to do.
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Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
25 July 2026
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Rob-Will is compulsive in his need to do the wrong thing every time.
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William Earl,
Variety,
3 July 2026
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And these three solid-gold brands have figured out exactly how to do it.
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Tiana Randall,
Forbes.com,
22 Aug. 2026
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One of the ways for boards to do that is through shareholder proposals.
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Erik Sherman,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2026
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The industry goes straight to trying to do the same thing and falls back into that same trap.
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Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Aug. 2026
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In some cases, the jobs they'd been hired to do simply don't exist anymore.
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Annie Palmer,
CNBC,
11 July 2026
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Sinnard has the potential to do so much with his 6-foot-7 frame.
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Jesús Cano,
New York Times,
31 July 2026
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That said, this is a week largely for waiting for the full moon to do its one slow, peculiar thing.
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Jamie Carter,
Space.com,
21 Aug. 2026
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That’s what the state needs to do to give us relief, not other options to raise revenue to pay their bills.
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Bryan P. Sears,
Baltimore Sun,
14 Aug. 2026
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