solve
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Regan denies making the demand, and said the proposal is meant to solve an impending “catastrophe in California’s healthcare system.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
"The mystery we wanted to solve was whether this journey is actually possible," said Ojha, an associate professor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at the Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026
"It was like I had found the missing piece to a puzzle that I've been trying to solve for years," Lizzy says.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
Ponder these questions and many more as you solve our very satisfying daily crossword.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
It’s like I don’t even matter, like I’m just a problem they need to solve.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
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Mystifying, that is, until Kanbei offers his insight and Murashige makes a few deductive leaps, at which point he solves the crime like a Japanese Poirot.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
But even when Kiki botches a delivery by dropping a toy mid-air, sending it tumbling into a nearby forest, a bit of reciprocal effort solves the problem.
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026
Miller: If it solves climate change, it can have my job.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026
"It kind of blew the doors open in terms of a very approachable, anybody-can-do-it game. Everybody solves it, whether it's in two tries or six. It doesn't take that long and it feels great."
From Barron's ● May 16, 2026
But my mom always says that running away never solves anything.
From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh
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Deng solved the problem by looking at the behaviour of gases.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
“I’ve never solved a problem so quickly, before or after.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
You would have thought we would have solved this sort of thing with COVID, but we haven’t.
From Slate ● Jul. 17, 2026
These conversions solved two acute problems for American cities: disposing of excess office supply and providing much-needed housing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
Pierce, a Northerner, believed that the Compromise of 1850 had solved the slavery issue, declaring, “We have been carried in safety through a perilous crisis …” He wanted Americans to concentrate on prosperity and peace.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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Watching “Scooby-Doo” as a child, I came away with two clear ambitions for adulthood: a side gig solving mysteries and a refrigerator always full of sandwich ingredients.
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026
Despite those comparable results, the women who ate within an eight- to nine-hour period performed significantly better on tests measuring spatial planning and problem solving than those who continued eating across 12 hours.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 27, 2026
AI alignment research and development can, by solving the sleeper-agent problem and producing AI we can trust.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
Deng, a 37-year-old mathematics professor at the University of Chicago, was honoured for his work solving another century-old problem.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
“Do you have any plans for, uh, solving your financial...situation other than getting your own television show?”
From "Liar, Liar" by Gary Paulsen
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