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impossibility

[im-pos-uh-bil-i-tee, im-pos-] / ɪmˌpɒs əˈbɪl ɪ ti, ˌɪm pɒs- /


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Faced with such challenges and the occasional impossibility of deploying a team on the ground, "we adapt, we use technology—artificial intelligence, drones, satellite imagery" to investigate and document human rights violations, he added.

From Barron's • Feb. 4, 2026

But after losing his sight due to glaucoma at six-years-old, he was told that a career in agriculture was an impossibility.

From BBC • Dec. 29, 2025

But escape from the irritations of that companionship seems a still bleaker prospect—and an impossibility.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

To Andrew Friedman, something like this was a virtual impossibility.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 12, 2025

“Dude, I got this,” Michael always said, a joking reference to the impossibility of sprinting upstairs to the platform in time to catch the train.

From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater




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