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“It took a fair amount of time and investment” to figure out those challenges, Gelfond said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2026
Supporters have defended Tate as a controversial figure willing to challenge mainstream ideas about masculinity.
From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026
The most recent evidence, based on the 2026 Birthday honours, shows the figure for higher awards in the north of England has more than doubled to 13%.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
Even before the big adjustment to the beef-export figure, the delay in the release of the USDA’s crucial quarterly Outlook for U.S.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 18, 2026
“How’d he figure we were going to pull something on Tansy for her first day?”
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
But they also reopen a broader conversation about the online culture that helped transform the Tates from controversial influencers into powerful and profitable figures.
From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026
On legal services, the BEA has mostly taken the cost from the BLS’s CPI—even though data-collection challenges have led the BLS to stop releasing legal-services figures publicly.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
Her town, Great Yarmouth, has the third highest rate of people needing debt support in England and Wales, according to government figures.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
The settlement handles more than a third of the capital's waste, according to government figures.
From Barron's ● Jul. 18, 2026
At the very top of the bookshelves stood Nali’s collection of ye’ii figures, which were carved out of twisted branches of cottonwood.
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
So naturally he figured there would be more to come.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2026
"It's all actually sad because I think her instincts are generally OK, but by the time she figured out the right things to do, it was too late".
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
For example, I recently wrote about a company that has figured out a way to remove carbon dioxide from sewage plants while also cutting your water bill.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
"I figured that it would lead the pack, but it was staggering. On the other hand, it makes sense with all the media attention."
From Science Daily ● Jul. 9, 2026
I explain to Theo everything that happened, how I figured this out.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
In 2015 Bakari Akil was a homeless college dropout with a single focus: figuring out how to get rich.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
"This is really the time to make some inroads into figuring out how to slow it down."
From Science Daily ● Jul. 12, 2026
I feel like, especially when she was on “Lizzie McGuire,” she was figuring out who she was, but was open to being her authentic self.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
“I was figuring out how to make it work.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 7, 2026
Koffi was staring ahead, doing her own kind of silent figuring.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
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