illusive
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These intersecting stories mostly take place over Feb. 29, a fittingly illusive day.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2025
The Americans are not naive about the chances of achieving the most illusive of goals in the Middle East, amid some of the worst bloodshed in the region's modern history.
From BBC ● Mar. 22, 2024
She had also charged Salameh’s brother, Raja, for being involved in the formation of three illusive companies in France alongside Ukrainian citizen Anna Kosakova to purchase real estate worth nearly $12 million there.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 19, 2022
Officials, lawmakers and victims groups have grown frustrated that an explanation remains illusive.
From New York Times ● Jun. 24, 2022
There were no shadows under the trees but everywhere a pearly stillness, so that what was real seemed illusive and without definition.
From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding
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Lord of the Flies
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