Definition: You will be given three sentences. Read them, then identify a noun phrase (person, place, or thing) or event that is shared between all three sentences. As the output, write the span of the text corresponding to that phrase in each sentence. Keep the order of the sentences, that is, your answer should look like: 1: *a phras from sentence 1e* 2: *a phras from sentence 2* 3: *a phrase from sentence 3*
Input: 1: Some of us keep looking for a new reason why this old problem continues to haunt us because to think otherwise requires effort . 2: Just new ways for people to validate apathy and explain away racism . 3: LZ Granderson : People keep looking for new reasons to validate apathy and explain away racism .

1: this old problem 2: racism 3: racism