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“There is no universal long-term-care financing. This is a space that is super costly — and there’s no answer for the families, the spouses, sons and daughters who are providing care,” Zissimopoulos said.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 24, 2026

England's sloppiness was compounded by the fact Spain produced one of their best performances to date and Wiegman could not come up with an answer for it.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

Paul Celan performed one of the 20th century’s strangest acts of literary fidelity: He remained true to German by forcing it to answer for what had been done in its name.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

“I don’t have an answer for you on that,” El-Farra said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

Poppy got so furious, he actually hissed, and translated his answer for them later.

From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye




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