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Sometimes, that stuff takes longer to iron out.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 30, 2026

Your challenge now is to iron out the IRA and house questions.

From MarketWatch Mar. 31, 2026

To do so, he’ll have to iron out disagreements over Canada’s Sikh population, which India accuses of stoking separatist sentiment on its soil.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 26, 2026

Just hours earlier, talks at the White House between Danish, Greenlandic, and US officials failed to iron out differences between Copenhagen and Nuuk on one side and Washington on the other.

From Barron's Jan. 16, 2026

Often, my task was to iron out differences in areas that were about to launch actions or had recendy done so.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela




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