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• Unfortunately, there’s no clear answer for this one; the best bed sheets for you will really depend on a lot of very personal factors.
  — Kathleen Felton, SELF, 19 Nov. 2024
• For the most part, the high number of penalties is the result of a lack of discipline, and eventually Harbaugh has to answer for it either on the field or eventually to his own front office.
  — Mike Preston, Baltimore Sun, 29 Nov. 2024
• The easy answer for this, as I was taught, used to be May 15.
  — Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 17 Feb. 2024
• There’s lots to worry about but the, the answer for me is very clear.
  — Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 25 Sep. 2024
• The Horners still don’t have an answer for how Mike died.
  — Timothy Bella, Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2023
• Let your instincts guide you to the right answer for you.
  — Lian Brooks, Glamour, 13 Aug. 2024
• Now, that’s not to say that the SM58 is the answer for everything.
  — Spin Contributor, SPIN, 30 May 2024
• Chew will be pressed to answer for the role TikTok played in those tragedies, the aides said.
  — Anna Edgerton and Alex Barinka Bloomberg News (tns), al, 22 Mar. 2023
• The answer for many, or even most, investors is to hang on.
  — The Motley Fool, Dallas News, 16 May 2023
• The Crimson Tide gave up five sacks and seemed to have no answer for the Bulls pass rush.
  — Matt Stahl | [e-mail], al, 18 Sep. 2023
• The answer for why can be found in Munnell’s own career.
  — John Tamny, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
• The Lakers had no answer for De’Aaron Fox, who had his way with 44 points.
  — Broderick Turner, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2024
• This salmon is your answer for a quick-and-easy, weeknight meal.
  — Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic, 14 Feb. 2024
• Which brings us to something Bing didn’t want to give an answer for...
  — Dina Bass, Bloomberg.com, 8 Feb. 2023
• That's the question the BabySeq study has been trying to answer for a decade.
  — Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 5 June 2023
• As a result, there is no one-size-fits-all answer for when to spay or neuter your dog.
  — Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 3 Aug. 2024
• And, if this version of events were true, then Dave Sharma would have a great deal to answer for.
  — Patrick Radden Keefe, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2024
• Li said no one has given him an answer for why Mr. Biden has not met with them.
  — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 12 Dec. 2023
• There is, of course, no data that could attempt an answer for that.
  — Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 May 2024
• What’s the answer for stopping a player who has logged at least 100 points in seven of the past eight seasons?
  — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 5 June 2024
• Phil Knight can’t be expected to answer for all things.
  — Bill Oram, oregonlive, 24 July 2023
• McDaniel hasn’t found an answer for that, so, yes, that’s coaching.
  — Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 2 Jan. 2024
• There is no one-size-fits-all answer for how to cope with a disappearance.
  — Dateline Nbc, NBC News, 30 July 2024
• Not even the Weeknd really seems to have an answer for what celebrity is, what makes someone a star.
  — Lindsay Zoladz, New York Times, 30 June 2023
• The short answer for how Ben’s survived those troubled years, Ali says, is goodwill.
  — Tim Carman, Washington Post, 15 Feb. 2024
• Next comes a question the Cowboys must answer for themselves.
  — Dallas News, 5 Feb. 2023
• An answer for a growing number of Black people to this issue is to grow their own fare.
  — Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 6 July 2024
• Justin Fields once again didn’t resemble the long-term answer for the Bears at quarterback.
  — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Sep. 2023
• The Enquirer's Just Askin' series aims to answer the questions that no one seems to have an answer for, not even Google.
  — Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 9 May 2024
• The Enquirer's Just Askin' series aims to answer the questions that no one seems to have an answer for, not even Google.
  — Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 27 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 26 Dec 2024