quirk
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Robert and Michelle King return to the network and territory of their acclaimed series “The Good Wife” with this Silicon Valley-based legal dramedy, replicating that show’s mix of quirk, current events and courtroom nail-biters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
It’s a cruel quirk of fate, or maybe just a tragic irony, that we are celebrating America’s semiquincentennial during one of the most surreal periods in American history.
From Salon ● Jun. 30, 2026
With a quirk of Polymarket’s rules keeping trading open, he bought thousands of betting contracts which said they would pay off if Strategy sold any bitcoin by May 31.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026
By a strange quirk of coincidence, ropes became a recurring theme of the second semi-final.
From BBC ● May 14, 2026
By a strange quirk of fate, this ambitious choral composer found himself working in the one building in the world which, by dint of its architecture, was responsible for a new style of choral music.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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Thanks to the quirks of the accounting rules, those losses don’t appear on Boeing’s income statement and instead are relegated to footnotes about the acquisition.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
Through quirks of form and function, all other radio-ready music is incredibly focused on its immediate surroundings.
From Salon ● Aug. 3, 2026
Symmetry - AI often fails to recreate the quirks that make us human - a slightly drooping eyelid or a lop-sided smile.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
That has more to do with a complicated web of seasonal gas-market quirks, refining margins and exports, and unabated demand.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 24, 2026
He had wondered, at times, if he was imagining Captain’s quirks.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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