Declare
Point out
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
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A running gag on Get Smart had Max in a fix - he'd declare "I have a plan" and explains it - 99 (usually) would point out the very obvious flaw - Max would declare "I have an alternate plan."
Source: Time for Plan B -
The X-Men declare the whole mess someone else's problem (Although they do point out that following House of M, there simply aren't enough mutants in the world to get involved), and Tony "Iron Man" Stark leads a SHIELD force to help capture all renegade metahumans, hero or villain.
Source: Comicbook / Civil War - In retrospect, the scene works very well if we declare that Obi-Wan is making a point out of refusing to call Vader by his name.
Source: Continuity Drift
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