explaining

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District Judge Kathleen M. Williams ordered his personal attorneys and the DOJ to separately file motions explaining in their own words if they were in conflict with one another.

From Slate • May 15, 2026

Webb confirmed the move after explaining why disallowing West Ham's last-ditch equaliser against Arsenal on Sunday was the correct decision.

From BBC • May 12, 2026

Guillermo Deferrari, of Ushuaia's scientific research center, downplayed the landfill theory, explaining that the colilargo is herbivore and lives off seeds and fruit found in forested ecosystems, not in dumps, where the common rat feeds.

From Barron's • May 12, 2026

He was explaining his theories about bitcoin’s roller-coaster ride to David Lin, host of an eponymous podcast, and co-host Bonnie Chang in an episode aired Monday.

From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026

The Treasury didn’t ever actually get around to explaining what the crisis was, just that the action was taken in response to Citigroup’s “declining stock price.”

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis