Like
Operate
Operate verb - To control the mechanical operation of.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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A lot of the amusing mistakes Momonga makes is not recognizing this, and how he tries to operate Nazarick like a corporation instead.
Source: Light Novel / Overlord - Nothing says in-character like a child who can't operate a hammer, but bounces the bedsprings like a champ.
Source: Hide Your Children -
AIs in that universe operate so fast that they don't experience time the same way as humans do; a few seconds of real time is like millennia for them.
Source: And I Must Scream
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Operate and Like. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 28, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/like/operate
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