come up with
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It’s so hard to come up with an answer that many can’t do it immediately.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026
A challenge with this strategy is that retailers need to keep upping the ante to come up with distinctive perks, and it is competitive.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Netflix has explored bidding for the rights to the Emmy Awards in recent years, but the streamer was not able to come up with a deal that made economic sense.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
He has often warned the group against trying to come up with an alternative currency or take measures to weaken the dollar's dominance in global trade.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
Sometimes he’d want to play even when we weren’t in study time, like when we were lining up to go outside and he thought he’d come up with a particularly sly question.
From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan
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