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By combining chemical and structural evidence, researchers may be able to distinguish manufacturing defects from later damage even when visual inspection alone provides no clear answer.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 11, 2026
Asked how her idea of success has changed over the years, she pauses, struggling briefly to find an answer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2026
Marra is a new leader and he needs to make the news with a stand-out position, so that also helps to answer the "why now" question.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026
The answer is likely that it is a bit of both.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026
Then, without waiting for his answer, she said to me, “Leave that and help with the tea.”
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
A Michigan maker of air vents suddenly was inundated with orders from mysterious buyers, setting off a frantic search for answers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026
It reminded me of being a kid who raised his hand and waited his turn while everyone else shouted out answers.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 10, 2026
The House Oversight Committee and the Judiciary Committee need to try to document the answers to questions like: Where did that money go?
From Slate ● Nov. 9, 2026
"That's why you have a public inquiry," said Duncan Chard, "because the public need answers."
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026
If she could just keep them busy with her answers, maybe they’d never get around to us pupils.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
When AFP called the number listed on Megaspeed's website, the person who answered said they were unfamiliar with the company and that the number was a residential line.
From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2026
This week he answered questions from a woman who wants to contest her father’s will, which was changed suddenly to leave everything to her brother.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 6, 2026
More than 200 emergency responders answered a 911 call at a wooden row house in Sunset Park early Thursday morning.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
In Guangzhou, she answered those doubts with a series of gutsy wins where she needed to fight back from behind.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026
‘We hear you,’ Dirk and Markus answered together.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
He said he’s worked 40 years and doesn’t want to spend five more answering emails and chasing invoices.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 9, 2026
The company uses human-sounding voice AI agents to handle many tasks from answering calls to serving as virtual assistants.
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026
On more than one occasion she read from a card that broadly addressed the subject at hand—but didn’t come near to answering the specific question posed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
"At least he's answering detailed questions. My problem is I'm not going to get through the list, and both of us will be in trouble with the backbenches when we don't make it."
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
He finished chewing and swallowed before answering, “Long enough to know that something’s troubling you.”
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
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