explaining

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"In the third inning I thought about trying something no one had seen before. I found three sections and started explaining what I wanted."

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

California’s secretary of state explicitly warned voters that counting would continue after Election Day, and election experts have spent years explaining why results often take days or even weeks to become final.

From Salon • Jun. 6, 2026

And it goes a long way toward explaining how consumer sentiment External link can be so low and yet retailers posted relatively solid results.

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

Check out our yearly package that tops off the end of the Supreme Court’s term with stories explaining all of the court’s major decisions from legal experts Dahlia Lithwick, Mark Joseph Stern, and more.

From Slate • Jun. 4, 2026

The class set to work, writing to the editor, explaining that the story he published about the mouse exhibit was not true.

From "Ralph S. Mouse" by Beverly Cleary