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Overviews now sitting atop so many Google search results are giving answers that … well, to call them incorrect is true but doesn’t quite nail it.
From Slate • May 30, 2024
Sometimes Trillo would have an idea and Sora would nail it.
From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2024
“Had he cut his toe nail, it wouldn’t have gone to penalties,” Robins said.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 21, 2024
"We're taking this universal property and using the strengths of these small animals to really nail it mechanistically."
From Science Daily • Sep. 22, 2023
“Shall I nail it then? Or how shall it be done?”
From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli
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