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a book of brainteasers that even a really clever person won't have an easy time figuring out
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The book does often feel like a recording of a mental jam session, but there is also a sense of being guided by a kind of hesitating yet urgent voice that needs to get things figured out.
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Craig Morgan Teicher, Literary Hub, 1 June 2026
Her skirt is couture from Nike, aptly, named by its co-founders Phil Knight and Bill Bowerman for the Greek goddess of victory lo these many decades ago, after Bowerman figured out the whole waffle-sole thing by destroying his wife’s waffle iron in his kitchen.
—Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
The robot pulls together information from its cameras and onboard sensors, together with other sensors installed in a home, to figure out its location and who is in the room.
—Matt O’Brien, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2026
Rubio and his colleagues needed to figure out a way to bring in as many workers as possible while minimizing the chance of a populist backlash.
—Rogé Karma, The Atlantic, 1 June 2026
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Craig Morgan Teicher, Literary Hub, 1 June 2026
Her skirt is couture from Nike, aptly, named by its co-founders Phil Knight and Bill Bowerman for the Greek goddess of victory lo these many decades ago, after Bowerman figured out the whole waffle-sole thing by destroying his wife’s waffle iron in his kitchen.
—Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
The robot pulls together information from its cameras and onboard sensors, together with other sensors installed in a home, to figure out its location and who is in the room.
—Matt O’Brien, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2026
Rubio and his colleagues needed to figure out a way to bring in as many workers as possible while minimizing the chance of a populist backlash.
—Rogé Karma, The Atlantic, 1 June 2026
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