solve
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"Schools already go above and beyond in encouraging attendance, but it isn't a problem that they can solve alone or that government targets will fix," he said.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
Ultimately, it’s a microcosm of a larger battle playing out across Southern California as cities ask existential questions in an effort to solve the housing crunch.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
“AI can help solve important problems involving narrow tasks even when local computing power is limited, electricity is unreliable, and internet service is dodgy.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
But it is still just one piece of a much larger puzzle we’ll need to solve to survive as mosquitoes spread and their populations boom—and, unfortunately, some of the other pieces are in bad shape.
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026
The heist wasn’t a hard case to solve.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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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
“While we’re coming in late, we’re coming in with technology advantages and something unique that solves the problems that these companies have,” Palkhiwala said.
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026
“I think the city should be very careful to examine whether the proposal solves a demonstrated problem or merely shifts authority,” Lee said during the rules committee meeting earlier this week.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026
Even though I told Jason it was great that his party is Saturday, it’s more than great — it solves everything.
From "Rules" by Cynthia Lord
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Its importance lies in showing that the logistics problem can be solved.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 2026
When Det Con Tom Ryan came across a diary entry about an old cattle trailer in July 2025, he knew he had finally solved the murder of a man who had disappeared six years earlier.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
And its pacing problems still haven’t been solved — too many plot points feel rushed, while others are drawn out to the point of tedium, even with the series’ conclusion within sight.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
Most societal questions can’t be solved by attempting to align a single benevolent superintelligence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
In October, with the messages nearly solved, she got in touch with the Mounties again.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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Establishing a colony on Mars would involve far more than solving difficult engineering challenges.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 2026
Congress still should act as soon as possible, of course, since solving Social Security’s finances becomes more expensive the longer it’s put off.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026
It is time to recognize that instead of solving problems, those rules created new ones.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
Designer Satoshi Nakagawa has long battled sceptics, but believes that the technology powering the 800 LEDs has a role to play in solving humanity's energy conundrum.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
I already excelled at solving equations in math.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
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