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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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According to reports by multiple news outlets, the National Transportation Board (NTSB) and the Federal Road Administration (FRA) are currently investigating to figure out what lead to the train derailment.
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Bianca Harris, USA TODAY, 27 Apr. 2024
The model is fit using a statistical method called Markov chain Monte Carlo — a mathematical approach to figuring out the likely values of a bunch of different parameters in one huge equation.
—G. Elliott Morris, ABC News, 25 Apr. 2024
The problem, Sunak said recently, is that the country’s safety net encourages people with a long-term illness to take extended absences from work rather than figuring out what jobs they would be suited for given their condition.
—Paolo Confino, Fortune, 25 Apr. 2024
This follows a thorough 10 month review by WCM which assisted its existing providers and new entrants to figure out the solution that best serves its songwriters.
—Kristin Robinson, Billboard, 25 Apr. 2024
Jain and Hammond worked all evening to try to figure out a way to make it in time for their wedding celebration party, and even considered booking a commercial flight to another city in South Africa to get to Dubai and then to Cairo.
—Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 25 Apr. 2024
But audiences seem even more fascinated with where the line exists between what happens to Donny and what happened to Gadd, and with figuring out who the real-life versions of Martha and Darrien are.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 25 Apr. 2024
And that felt very much like us, trying to figure out how to tell the story, grabbing at an invisible fish at a certain point when trying to understand where we’d been led.
—Josh Wigler, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Apr. 2024
This fresh start gave me the space and time to figure out my identity, like playing with a new hairstyle, for example, or experimenting with my fashion choices.
—Jenna Ryu, SELF, 24 Apr. 2024
Bianca Harris, USA TODAY, 27 Apr. 2024
The model is fit using a statistical method called Markov chain Monte Carlo — a mathematical approach to figuring out the likely values of a bunch of different parameters in one huge equation.
—G. Elliott Morris, ABC News, 25 Apr. 2024
The problem, Sunak said recently, is that the country’s safety net encourages people with a long-term illness to take extended absences from work rather than figuring out what jobs they would be suited for given their condition.
—Paolo Confino, Fortune, 25 Apr. 2024
This follows a thorough 10 month review by WCM which assisted its existing providers and new entrants to figure out the solution that best serves its songwriters.
—Kristin Robinson, Billboard, 25 Apr. 2024
Jain and Hammond worked all evening to try to figure out a way to make it in time for their wedding celebration party, and even considered booking a commercial flight to another city in South Africa to get to Dubai and then to Cairo.
—Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 25 Apr. 2024
But audiences seem even more fascinated with where the line exists between what happens to Donny and what happened to Gadd, and with figuring out who the real-life versions of Martha and Darrien are.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 25 Apr. 2024
And that felt very much like us, trying to figure out how to tell the story, grabbing at an invisible fish at a certain point when trying to understand where we’d been led.
—Josh Wigler, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Apr. 2024
This fresh start gave me the space and time to figure out my identity, like playing with a new hairstyle, for example, or experimenting with my fashion choices.
—Jenna Ryu, SELF, 24 Apr. 2024
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