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“It could have even been minutes, but we can’t nail it down,” said the study’s lead author, Chris Goldfinger, a paleoseismologist with Oregon State University and a professor emeritus of marine geology.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2025
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
"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
“If any person could nail it, it would undeniably be him,” said Randleman.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 7, 2023
“Shall I nail it then? Or how shall it be done?”
From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli
