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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

But, as the Evening Standard's Maddy Mussey put it: "Anora is essentially her big break, and boy does she nail it."

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2024

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

Maybe I could build a dog feeder and nail it to a tree.

From "Hello, Universe" by Erin Entrada Kelly




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