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Photograph from Lionsgate One recent afternoon, Fuqua convened a meeting at his office to figure out how, exactly, this campaign would be brought to life.
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Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
This one tries to figure out the man behind the 30 Rockefeller curtain.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 20 Apr. 2026
In most cases, the animal figures out something isn’t right and backs off.
—Amber Harding Outkick, FOXNews.com, 20 Apr. 2026
Scientists in the 1980s and ’90s figured out that when the C ring rotates, the flagellum does too.
—Quanta Magazine, 20 Apr. 2026
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Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
This one tries to figure out the man behind the 30 Rockefeller curtain.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 20 Apr. 2026
In most cases, the animal figures out something isn’t right and backs off.
—Amber Harding Outkick, FOXNews.com, 20 Apr. 2026
Scientists in the 1980s and ’90s figured out that when the C ring rotates, the flagellum does too.
—Quanta Magazine, 20 Apr. 2026
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“Figure out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/figure%20out. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.
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