devise

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Ali Shamkhani led Iran’s Defense Council, a body created in August 2025 after the June war to help devise military wartime strategy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026

It didn’t take him long to devise a solution.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 7, 2026

In the soundtrack of his youth, Walter Thompson-Hernández and his friends liked to devise a game of escape.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 27, 2026

If the offense is to generate more points, he needs to devise a new scheme.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 10, 2026

Sam drove runaways to Boston and New York, hunkered over the latest surveys to devise escape routes, and took care of the final arrangements that would save a fugitive’s life.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead