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Some things are still being figured out.
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Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 13 Apr. 2025
These issues are being discussed as part of seven CIF committees put together to figure out priorities for the coming years.
—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2025
One chef smiled and said a local farmer had figured out how to grow some, just for Eriro.
—Jeff Chu, Travel + Leisure, 13 Apr. 2025
However, in situations like this, where peaceful verbal negotiations fail, and non-lethal pepper balls are fired into a car without the armed suspect’s surrender, there is just no time to figure out if the object pointing at police is a deadly firearm or a harmless BB gun.
—U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2025
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Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 13 Apr. 2025
These issues are being discussed as part of seven CIF committees put together to figure out priorities for the coming years.
—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2025
One chef smiled and said a local farmer had figured out how to grow some, just for Eriro.
—Jeff Chu, Travel + Leisure, 13 Apr. 2025
However, in situations like this, where peaceful verbal negotiations fail, and non-lethal pepper balls are fired into a car without the armed suspect’s surrender, there is just no time to figure out if the object pointing at police is a deadly firearm or a harmless BB gun.
—U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2025
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“Figure out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/figure%20out. Accessed 17 Apr. 2025.
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