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Jolly replaced him and, within two months, secured Moreno’s approval to hire the architect of a World Series championship team to figure out what was not right in the organization, and to fix it.
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Bill Shaikin,
Los Angeles Times,
6 July 2026
American doctors are so conspicuously well-paid that a group of economic researchers spent years trying to figure out why.
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Daniel De Visé,
USA Today,
5 July 2026
Jović is still yet to figure out the sequences of games that require the same steadiness as potentially set-ending ones.
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Ava Wallace,
New York Times,
5 July 2026
History can be an incredibly important way to digest the present and then figure out what your response is and — and to imagine a future together.
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NBC news,
5 July 2026
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Bill Shaikin,
Los Angeles Times,
6 July 2026
American doctors are so conspicuously well-paid that a group of economic researchers spent years trying to figure out why.
—
Daniel De Visé,
USA Today,
5 July 2026
Jović is still yet to figure out the sequences of games that require the same steadiness as potentially set-ending ones.
—
Ava Wallace,
New York Times,
5 July 2026
History can be an incredibly important way to digest the present and then figure out what your response is and — and to imagine a future together.
—
NBC news,
5 July 2026
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“Figure out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/figure%20out. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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