Lose
Lose verb - To be unable to find or have at hand.
Solving
Solving noun - Finding a solution to a problem.
Both words in one sentence
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Oh, and Riccardo can run in at any point and interrupt your puzzle-solving, potentially sending you on a 10-30 minute detour of trying to lose him.
Source: That One Puzzle -
House doesn't seem to care as much about his patients as he does solving the puzzle, he still hates to lose anybody under his care; he runs into a number of obstructive bureaucrat types (Vogler being one) who only care about the hospital's reputation.
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If you don't want the normal or bad endings, which leave several problems unsolved, you'll still need to keep several spare save files in case you miss or lose certain items from solving puzzles the wrong way.
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