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my $found = any { $_ eq 'something' } @array_of_strings;
my $found = any { /\bsomething\b/ } @array_of_strings;
my $found = any { $_ == 42 } @array_of_numbers;
my $found = any { $_->isa('obj_type') } @array;
my $found = any { $_->can('tupitar') } @array;