inexplicable
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The senator’s own father died of a heart attack at 69 when Graham was 22 — pointing to a family history of cardiovascular disease that likely made Saturday night’s outcome tragic, but not inexplicable.
From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2026
“It’s sort of inexplicable to me,” Texas Sen. John Cornyn, an ousted incumbent who’s suddenly a lot more willing to say what’s on his mind, told reporters.
From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2026
Buzz Aldrin, famed astronaut from the Apollo 11 mission, said in a 1969 interview published on Friday that he saw several inexplicable phenomena on his trip to the Moon.
From BBC ● May 8, 2026
But here in Southern California, something more is in the air: a dense, motionless tsunami of something foul and inexplicable.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026
It was largely because of his habit of marching troops all over the Shenandoah Valley in an illogical and inexplicable fashion that Jackson earned a reputation among bewildered enemy officers for wiliness.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
Vocabulary lists containing inexplicable
A Christmas Carol
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The Scarlet Letter
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