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This was not to excuse bad behavior, but to figure out how workers got there.
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Jasmine Browley, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
Like Gant and Holt, most New Yorkers would likely have figured out a nonviolent way to defuse or avoid an unpleasant encounter.
—Literary Hub, 21 Jan. 2026
After years of toil, the mathematicians — using a combination of pen-and-paper techniques and computational experiments — figured out how to adjust Darboux’s formulas so that the curvature lines would close up.
—Elise Cutts, Quanta Magazine, 20 Jan. 2026
The Democrats have only so much time to figure out who their own standard-bearer will be.
—Amy Davidson Sorkin, New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2026
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Jasmine Browley, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
Like Gant and Holt, most New Yorkers would likely have figured out a nonviolent way to defuse or avoid an unpleasant encounter.
—Literary Hub, 21 Jan. 2026
After years of toil, the mathematicians — using a combination of pen-and-paper techniques and computational experiments — figured out how to adjust Darboux’s formulas so that the curvature lines would close up.
—Elise Cutts, Quanta Magazine, 20 Jan. 2026
The Democrats have only so much time to figure out who their own standard-bearer will be.
—Amy Davidson Sorkin, New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2026
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“Figure out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/figure%20out. Accessed 27 Jan. 2026.
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