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Both these jobs entailed prolonged, ego-deflating battles; both ended in professional debacle.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

From the outset, the company was a little vague about what the service actually entailed.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026

"But I would tell them this, they haven't a clue what this investigation has entailed," he told the Tucson Sentinel newspaper this week.

From BBC • Mar. 8, 2026

While it was debatable how much flexibility “around 5%” entailed, most market participants viewed this as within 0.2-0.3 percentage points of 5%.

From Barron's • Mar. 6, 2026

The game entailed using a computer mouse to direct a virtual tank through a battlefield.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel