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figuring out
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This is a tough time to run into a Super Bowl favorite, with Harbaugh’s team still figuring out its identity and Nabers still getting his knee right.—
Pat Leonard,
New York Daily News,
15 May 2026 -
And after figuring out exactly what to do with the ball perched on the staircase, DeChambeau took his shot while a phalanx of folks surrounded him, phone cameras in one hand, seltzers in the other.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
14 May 2026
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“Solving (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/solving%20%28for%29. Accessed 17 May. 2026.
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