make sense
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Captains, owners and managers of the more than 700 vessels stuck near Iran, carrying tens of billions of dollars in cargo, were messaging one another to try to make sense of Tehran’s shifting rules.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026
You didn’t shoot it down right away, but you could tell there were some things that we needed to work through for this to make sense, and rightfully so.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026
This is one of the few scenarios where taxable withdrawals could make sense, but it relies on actually having a low-tax window.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026
Project Maven is the Pentagon's flagship artificial intelligence program, launched in 2017 as a narrow experiment to help military analysts make sense of the torrent of drone footage pouring in from conflict zones.
From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026
I study his face, as if it somehow has the answers to what doesn’t make sense.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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