elusive
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But DNA studies show the cat is actually in a class of its own, highlighting how much remains unknown about some of the world's most elusive mammals.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
However, the real triumph wasn’t becoming recognizable around Venice — it was finding other queer surfers, something that felt elusive in Walsh’s youth in Southern California.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
Since then, some of the world’s brightest minds have pursued the most elusive answers in math—and the $1 million promised for any solution.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
Rydberg atom simulators are one possible platform for such an experiment and could provide a promising route toward finally detecting these elusive quantum quasiparticles.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 7, 2026
Surprising numbers of them seemed to want to see something historic here—that elusive sweep of the Hudson—even if it was a western crew that accomplished the feat.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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