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
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
Elevating one internal candidate also could spark an exodus by the others, putting pressure on the board to devise ways to retain Disney’s accomplished runners-up.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 20, 2026
He also created Write Start: The Sam Heughan Creative Commission, an annual award at RCS to encourage students to devise new work.
From BBC • Jan. 2, 2026
And, too, I was expecting the boy who sat in front of me to devise some lie to save me, since it was really he who was guilty.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
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