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disappearance

[dis-uh-peer-uhns] / ˌdɪs əˈpɪər əns /


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Their disappearance has made it difficult for researchers to determine whether they are related to any animals living today.

From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026

Before her disappearance, Casias, 53, worked at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, where leading defensive nuclear research is conducted and where the world's first atomic weapons were developed during World War II.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

Casias had been an administrative assistant at Los Alamos National Laboratory, where the first atomic bomb was developed and where nuclear weapon work continues, her family told local news outlets after her disappearance.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

The authors said their apparent disappearance "has become a dense mystery, a puzzle that has plunged investigators into deep confusion".

From Barron's • May 26, 2026

Parisians who had never heard of the Mona Lisa were suddenly consumed by its disappearance.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day




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