figured

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Now the gold miners have figured out how to pan without jeans.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026

I figured Auriemma would clean up the mess in his postgame press conference, but instead he calmly leaned in to it, offering the pregame handshake delay as his explanation-slash-justification.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

“Rooster” hasn’t earned the soaring reviews those other shows enjoyed, but some of the ones viewers love now also had awkward beginnings before they figured out what they needed to be.

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026

After years of working in his garden, the former novice has figured out what grows well in his yard’s different spots.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

I hadn’t figured out how an applehead doll measured up to a pyramid or how a musical saw stacked up to the Hanging Gardens of Babylon.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney