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It was a simple equation that Pete Carroll settled upon when he arrived as the new football coach at USC six years ago.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 3, 2025

The design he settled upon is now affectionately referred to as The Armadillo – its distinctive shape becoming a familiar Cardiff Bay landmark.

From BBC • Dec. 1, 2024

But he also had a gift for explaining his musical goals and how he had settled upon them.

From New York Times • Nov. 18, 2023

Eventually, in the early 2010s, Russia settled upon the idea of the Luna-25 mission to the south pole of the moon.

From Reuters • Aug. 20, 2023

To separate the facts from the hearsay contained in the bureau’s case files, White settled upon a simple but elegant approach: he would methodically try to corroborate each suspect’s alibi.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann




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