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"Googlers assigned to the building are making do with Ethernet cables, using phones as hotspots, or working outside, where the Wi-Fi is stronger."
How the fuck is a person that writes articles for a living not aware of the phrase "making due"? What goes through their mind when they write out "making do"? How the fuck does that make any sense to them?
I hate to be that guy, but come on. It's literally your job.
Edit: Now it's my job to admit that I was pretty damn wrong. Thanks chryan for posting this: https://www.grammar.com/make_do_vs._make_due
Confidently incorrect:
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/make_do
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/make_due
At least I learned now what an Eggcorn is