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For weeks, we would bring the nicest banana we could find in Berlin to the zoo, and she would always just straight eat it, there was some head scratching done. and we gradually figured out that it’s only brownish bananas that she peels. She never peels a beautiful yellow one. – Michael Brecht	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Be sure to install high-quality metal screens on all windows and provide a variety of scratching posts and perches for the cats to use. – Tina Reddington	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
We’re just scratching the surface when it comes to a comprehensive understanding of dinosaur diversity, stegourus reminds us that if we look in the right places at the right times, there is so much more still to discover. – Kristi Curry Rogers	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
As far as we can tell, the scratching and bruising that you saw on his face were most likely self-inflicted. – Superintendent Eddie Johnson	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Sixmonths from now, New York politicians will be scratching their heads wondering why syringes are everywhere, drug use is up, overdoses are up, and why open-air drug markets are flourishing, it makes you shake your head. – Joseph Giacalone	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
We feel like we’re just scratching the surface as an industry and also as a company here at Dutchie and there’s a lot of runway ahead of us. – Ross Lipson	Found on Reuters 2 years ago
We’re always looking for the edge, anything we can get, fighting, scratching, clawing until the end, that’s what we’re going to keep doing until they say we ca n’t play anymore. – Trent Grisham	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
We got the call at about 2 o'clock this morning and we came out and we've got a modern building that just collapsed. A large modern building, 12 stories, 130-unit condominium on the ocean just collapsed, it looks like there was an earthquake, it's inexplicable and we are all scratching our heads trying to figure out what the problem is. – Surfside Mayor Charles Burkett	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
I've spent the last few days realizing, oh my God, I don't even own plates or knives or forks. I don't have a bed, so I've spent the last few days getting stuff that you don't realize you need: bottle openers and tin openers and spatulas. So I'm scratching my head going, oh my god, this is overwhelming. I'm going to get all this stuff because nine months ago, I packed my clothes and I left. – Christina Haack	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
We are just scratching the surface in terms of what is possible to achieve with our technology, emergency response is one of the areas Gravity are actively pursuing. – Gravity Industries	Found on CNN 3 years ago
Read MoreAs the two hikers beeped and he's, like,' I think I found Read MoreAs the two hikers,' and everybody's, like,' What ?' and he just started scratching in the snow. There Read MoreAs the two hikers was ! – Brendan Cheever	Found on CNN 4 years ago
You may have to take another 25% to create the right societal engagements and environmental designs, so will investors accept lower returns? I think it's probably causing a bit of head scratching around the industry in this tug-of-war of priorities. – Simon Morris	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
Even the most sophisticated expert clinicians end up scratching their heads about the cause of 20 % or 30 % of women's vaginal discharge. – Hunter Handsfield	Found on CNN 4 years ago
Its absolutely a concern at this point when you dont know whats going on, were still scratching our heads looking at the data. Hopefully, we can clear that up in relatively short order. – Kenny Todd	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
The school called the police because they were required to make a report, they lied. They said this kid was biting, scratching, kicking other kids. It didn't happen. – Dan Herbert	Found on CNN 4 years ago
We're just scratching the surface of the possibilities of bikes and other electric vehicles that are small, the mold of a car looking like a car or needing to be the way it is I think is going to change dramatically. – John Zimmer	Found on CNN 5 years ago
I started scratching her face and everything and grabbed her blouse, and I held on real tight to her blouse and I wasn't going to let her go. – Police Department/FOX	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
I think a lot of Trump voters will be waking up this morning and scratching their heads and saying, 'Where will it all end?' as a firm Trump supporter, I say, yes, the pictures were horrible, but I'm surprised. – Donald Trump	Found on CNN 7 years ago
I had an email this morning from a volunteer ... saying, 'Gee, we love Dr. Carson, we hope he gets out and moves his support to a really, good honest, Christian conservative: Ted Cruz.' And I'm scratching my head and going, honest? How does that fit in there with what Cruz did to Carson? some people are so angry at Cruz they could spit nails. They wouldn't support him if he were the last guy on earth after what he did to us. – John Philip Sousa IV	Found on CNN 8 years ago
On Monday, Feb.15, we became aware -- via media and public reports -- of an Instagram posting by Vanessa Hudgens showing a scratching or carving of a heart with two names in it on a rock that allegedly is on the Red Rock Ranger District of the Coconino National Forest. – Brady Smith	Found on CNN 8 years ago
For us it's about trying to find out how to create more fans of basketball. ... we want to figure out how to get more kids dribbling a basketball, the opportunity is immense and we are just scratching the surface. – Matt Brabants	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
When you get a company that barely beats that has been beating by a longshot, people are going to be scratching their heads a little bit, if that guy can’t show much upside, what does that mean for the rest of the sector? – Brian White	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
That frankly leaves us scratching our heads and leaves us wondering how the administration could be talking about the refugee resettlement issue in such different terms. – Wendy Young	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
And then I felt some scratching on the back of my head and some pecking. – Covington Police officer Lance Benjamin	Found on CNN 8 years ago

For weeks, we would bring the nicest banana we could find in Berlin to the zoo, and she would always just straight eat it, there was some head scratching done. and we gradually figured out that it’s only brownish bananas that she peels. She never peels a beautiful yellow one.

– Michael Brecht

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Be sure to install high-quality metal screens on all windows and provide a variety of scratching posts and perches for the cats to use.

– Tina Reddington

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

We’re just scratching the surface when it comes to a comprehensive understanding of dinosaur diversity, stegourus reminds us that if we look in the right places at the right times, there is so much more still to discover.

– Kristi Curry Rogers

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

As far as we can tell, the scratching and bruising that you saw on his face were most likely self-inflicted.

– Superintendent Eddie Johnson

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Sixmonths from now, New York politicians will be scratching their heads wondering why syringes are everywhere, drug use is up, overdoses are up, and why open-air drug markets are flourishing, it makes you shake your head.

– Joseph Giacalone

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

We feel like we’re just scratching the surface as an industry and also as a company here at Dutchie and there’s a lot of runway ahead of us.

– Ross Lipson

Found on Reuters
2 years ago

We’re always looking for the edge, anything we can get, fighting, scratching, clawing until the end, that’s what we’re going to keep doing until they say we ca n’t play anymore.

– Trent Grisham

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

We got the call at about 2 o'clock this morning and we came out and we've got a modern building that just collapsed. A large modern building, 12 stories, 130-unit condominium on the ocean just collapsed, it looks like there was an earthquake, it's inexplicable and we are all scratching our heads trying to figure out what the problem is.

– Surfside Mayor Charles Burkett

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I've spent the last few days realizing, oh my God, I don't even own plates or knives or forks. I don't have a bed, so I've spent the last few days getting stuff that you don't realize you need: bottle openers and tin openers and spatulas. So I'm scratching my head going, oh my god, this is overwhelming. I'm going to get all this stuff because nine months ago, I packed my clothes and I left.

– Christina Haack

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

We are just scratching the surface in terms of what is possible to achieve with our technology, emergency response is one of the areas Gravity are actively pursuing.

– Gravity Industries

Found on CNN
3 years ago

– Brendan Cheever

Found on CNN
4 years ago

You may have to take another 25% to create the right societal engagements and environmental designs, so will investors accept lower returns? I think it's probably causing a bit of head scratching around the industry in this tug-of-war of priorities.

– Simon Morris

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Even the most sophisticated expert clinicians end up scratching their heads about the cause of 20 % or 30 % of women's vaginal discharge.

– Hunter Handsfield

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Its absolutely a concern at this point when you dont know whats going on, were still scratching our heads looking at the data. Hopefully, we can clear that up in relatively short order.

– Kenny Todd

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

The school called the police because they were required to make a report, they lied. They said this kid was biting, scratching, kicking other kids. It didn't happen.

– Dan Herbert

Found on CNN
4 years ago

We're just scratching the surface of the possibilities of bikes and other electric vehicles that are small, the mold of a car looking like a car or needing to be the way it is I think is going to change dramatically.

– John Zimmer

Found on CNN
5 years ago

I started scratching her face and everything and grabbed her blouse, and I held on real tight to her blouse and I wasn't going to let her go.

– Police Department/FOX

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

I think a lot of Trump voters will be waking up this morning and scratching their heads and saying, 'Where will it all end?' as a firm Trump supporter, I say, yes, the pictures were horrible, but I'm surprised.

– Donald Trump

Found on CNN
7 years ago

I had an email this morning from a volunteer ... saying, 'Gee, we love Dr. Carson, we hope he gets out and moves his support to a really, good honest, Christian conservative: Ted Cruz.' And I'm scratching my head and going, honest? How does that fit in there with what Cruz did to Carson? some people are so angry at Cruz they could spit nails. They wouldn't support him if he were the last guy on earth after what he did to us.

– John Philip Sousa IV

Found on CNN
8 years ago

On Monday, Feb.15, we became aware -- via media and public reports -- of an Instagram posting by Vanessa Hudgens showing a scratching or carving of a heart with two names in it on a rock that allegedly is on the Red Rock Ranger District of the Coconino National Forest.

– Brady Smith

Found on CNN
8 years ago

For us it's about trying to find out how to create more fans of basketball. ... we want to figure out how to get more kids dribbling a basketball, the opportunity is immense and we are just scratching the surface.

– Matt Brabants

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

When you get a company that barely beats that has been beating by a longshot, people are going to be scratching their heads a little bit, if that guy can’t show much upside, what does that mean for the rest of the sector?

– Brian White

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

That frankly leaves us scratching our heads and leaves us wondering how the administration could be talking about the refugee resettlement issue in such different terms.

– Wendy Young

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

And then I felt some scratching on the back of my head and some pecking.

– Covington Police officer Lance Benjamin

Found on CNN
8 years ago

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