figure out
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Each semester, I would take my students to study frustrated users’ attempts to figure out the D.C.
From Slate • Apr. 4, 2026
Upon landing, "take an inventory of yourself to figure out, what condition am I in? Can I even move? Am I even mobile?"
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
But when “Masquerade” producers were struggling to figure out how to make it so the actors and the audience moved through the show on schedule, Broucke, 26, volunteered his background.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026
“We’re gonna do our best in the investigation to figure out why Mr. Valencia walked out and got in the vehicle,” Wenrick said.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026
Instead of succumbing to paralyzing fear, like any normal person would in a storm like this, she’d been able to figure out the pattern to Nicole’s swimming.
From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith
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