mystery
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But I do think that we should be clear, it’s not a mystery.
From Slate ● Aug. 16, 2026
Misfortune that brought back bad memories of last season’s mystery illness that caused Betts to lose nearly 20 pounds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
"A lot of mystery surrounds Project Panama," Manley, from Barter Books, says.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
"If mammalian ancestors were egg-laying or viviparous has been considered an inscrutable mystery," said Gaetano.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 13, 2026
A century-and-a-half after it sunk the Housatonic and more than twenty years after the submarine was raised, it remains a mystery.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
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Astrophysicists in India now say the latest findings from Aditya-L1, the country's first solar observation mission in space, have provided them some vital clues to unlocking those mysteries.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
The director laces a 16th-century period drama with a series of mysteries in his latest film, which centers on a samurai who rebels against the local warlord.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
Watching “Scooby-Doo” as a child, I came away with two clear ambitions for adulthood: a side gig solving mysteries and a refrigerator always full of sandwich ingredients.
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026
For a documentarian who specializes in personal movies, “Remake” feels especially revealing — both in terms of the glimpses we get of this father-son relationship and of unsolved mysteries that linger just outside the frame.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2026
Sooner or later, pilots always resorted to their hands when discussing the mysteries and secrets of flight.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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