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If you were to enter the boutique for the first time, you might be greeted by a subversively tailored figure, framed by her signature bold-yet-chic eyeliner and a presence that feels both firm and inviting.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

"If we couldn't figure out something, we'd stare out the window until it came to us, and I think we're nostalgic for a time like that."

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

“A lot of times, guys maybe start to figure that out more toward the back end of their careers. He’s doing it right now at a young age.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

Pedro Burelli, a Venezuelan opposition figure and former director of the country’s state-owned oil company, said the oil fields should be assigned to companies with the financial wherewithal and experience to handle complex oil projects.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

I’ll figure out what needs to be done to make Pops’s dream come true so that when Nate’s ready, everything will be all teed up for him.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

Such figures typically start with a fixed group of paying customers from 12 months prior and calculate the subsequent change in revenue from that same group.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

Jigsaw hit back in a statement to The Hollywood Reporter, saying scrutiny of powerful public figures is protected by the First Amendment.

From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026

This figures carried "a very real human cost", said Dr Clair Barnes, an extreme weather researcher at Imperial College London.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

There is another concern behind my hesitation: My brother previously had corporate jobs earning six figures but left that career and now works at a job he enjoys that pays less than $50,000 a year.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026

Three small figures, gray as the dawn, gathered on the carpet of Camilla’s cabin, nose to nose to nose.

From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck

She has noted that he is difficult to manage, so I figured she just pawned him off on me now that the company has scaled up.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026

Though OpenAI and Hugging Face say they’ve figured out what happened, experts such as Russell say that’s probably wishful thinking.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026

"I felt a mixture of disbelief and anger - at the hackers and at myself. I was also confused until I figured out how they had got me."

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

In this week’s bonus episode: Susan, Dahlia, and Mark recently reconvened to record an update to this conversation, complete with analysis of how Gorsuch figured into the blockbuster, end-of-term decisions handed down in June.

From Slate ● Aug. 29, 2026

I figured that was about all the worries I could take care of at one time.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

Newsom, who pushed for federal regulation, said that he thinks California’s approach to social media is “better” than Australia’s because children are “all figuring out a way to game that system.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026

"For a lot of things there's no need to use AI…but for figuring out that six pixels in the distance are an airplane versus some other smudge, it is perfect territory," says Norcia.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

Canadian businesses that were spared earlier U.S. tariffs are figuring out if, and how, to adapt.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026

And then, they tell you anyway with a proud look on their face, eliminating the chance to experience the satisfaction that comes with figuring something out on your own.

From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026

All my plans seemed to be fitting together like the teeth on a zipper, and I forgot all about the few things Nan needed help figuring out.

From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry