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When she failed to answer her phone, her friend went to check on her at home and found her unable to speak or stand.
From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2026
And the answer that I hope you will look for is not about the situation in the film, but about your own society in which you live.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2026
He told the historian Bernard DeVoto: “It is as if for the sake of argument, she sacrificed her life to give me this terrible answer and really bring me down in sorrow.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026
After days of evasions, the answer was no.
From Slate ● Nov. 13, 2026
“I—God, Edda, can anyone ever answer that question?”
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
"And then, yeah, we will give our answers if stuff like this happens. Best answers are on the pitch."
From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2026
Even when evidence is incomplete, advances in scientific techniques can provide new answers to questions that earlier researchers were unable to resolve.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 14, 2026
Superstitions of days gone by: In 1907, a researcher asked college students to record all the superstitions they knew, and then compiled their answers into a book.
From Slate ● Nov. 13, 2026
“Given that most interested parties have more questions than answers, odds favor defense-policy negotiations continuing into winter rather than culminating this fall,” Kim Wallace at 22V Research said in a note.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 13, 2026
Tansy was directing all her answers straight at him now.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
After a carefully managed return, those questions were emphatically answered in Perth – where he has played all of his domestic cricket to date.
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026
No one answered when AFP visited Tan's registered address in eastern Singapore, although dogs could be heard barking behind the door.
From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2026
“Yarhamuk Allah,” he answered without missing a beat.
From Slate ● Nov. 13, 2026
“Now it appears that, really, they’ve answered our call for help.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2026
He could hear Chip’s question echoing in his head: Have you ever tried to get your questions answered?
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Irvine resident Maria Moye sat at the Delta terminal at LAX answering work emails while she waited for a rideshare to come take her home.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2026
For Sapkota, answering those questions will require observing the insects in their natural habitats.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 12, 2026
I agree with your husband that taking on consulting work as a condition of his retirement is a lot of work, chasing prospective clients and answering to them.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 9, 2026
Around this time, AI tools were still famously bad at answering one math question that wouldn’t appear on any standardized test: How many r’s are in the word strawberry?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026
“Is that coffee?” she asked instead of answering my question, pointing at a pot on the small table next to me.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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