cryptic
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Are the women in Vermeer’s light-filled interiors cryptic embodiments of Collegiant doctrine or secularized Jesuit motifs?
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 26, 2026
"Grasshoppers are cryptic species, they hide because they're tasty. When they're quite pink, they can't hide as well," Halpin said.
From BBC • Jun. 22, 2026
In an interview after leaving office, Greenspan admitted that he had been deliberately cryptic in his public statements in order to discourage market players from trading on his remarks.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 22, 2026
Its plight is spelled out in US securities filings containing cryptic language.
From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026
And then Ellis noticed that the first cryptic entry in the hiker’s journal read, “Exit Fairbanks. Sitting Galliean. Rabbit Day.”
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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