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Noun
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Because George, portrayed by Hugh Jackman, routinely read mysteries to his charges before his sudden demise, these sheep aren’t complete novices, said Wilson Chapman in IndieWire.—
The Week US,
TheWeek,
18 May 2026 -
The axolotl is one of evolution’s greatest biological mysteries.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2026
Noun
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Bob Gray is one of the big enigmas in the book that are intentionally put there to create tension and are never solved.—
Scott Huver,
Deadline,
26 Apr. 2026
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Toss in plenty of brutal murders, bizarre prophecies, time-bending enigmas, and haunting hallucinations — all seemingly tied to Lucy’s mysterious meetings with the Hannibal Lecter-like Gideon Shepherd (Peter Capaldi) — and this one's well worth losing six hours of sleep over.—
Matt Cabral,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
21 May 2026
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The proof used advanced concepts such as infinite class field towers and Golod-Shafarevich theory, tools rarely associated with geometric puzzles.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
20 May 2026
Noun
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Your questions, comments, and insights, together with your gardening conundrums and successes, are always welcome.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
14 May 2026
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Tune in for short episodes every Wednesday and Saturday as Grumpy answers reader questions, solves seasonal conundrums, and provides need-to-know advice for gardeners with his very Grumpy sense of humor.—
Steve Bender,
Southern Living,
22 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The New Zealand singer-songwriter wanders around inside her psychedelic folk arrangements, singing in private riddles and changing the tone of her voice from one song (or even one verse) to the next, seemingly oblivious or indifferent to your presence.—
Jayson Greene,
Pitchfork,
8 May 2026
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How imagination works, how influence unfolds, how history rhymes — these remain riddles.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2026
Noun
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While Goodman’s paradoxes and fantasies posed challenges to me as her biographer, with the advent of AI slop and ChatGPT, our courtship with illusion (and possibly delusion) is here to stay.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 May 2026
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Burke gets some heavy digs in at all the paradoxes of tradwifery.—
Sophie Gilbert,
The Atlantic,
11 May 2026
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“Antinomies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/antinomies. Accessed 24 May. 2026.
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