impossibility

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"One assessment does not mean the assessment is plausible, and a six-month closure of the Strait of Hormuz is an impossibility and completely unacceptable to the Secretary," Pentagon Chief Spokesman Sean Parnell told the BBC.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026

Another U.S.-backed peace effort in 1993 broke down, owing to opposition from Syria, which then dominated Lebanon, and the impossibility of security guarantees with Hezbollah.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

With each manicured frame and deceptively poignant observation on the impossibility of living normally in modern life, Kramer concocts an original, wonderfully empathetic study of the desire to play spectator to a world on fire.

From Salon • Feb. 18, 2026

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

Christopher didn’t stop to let himself think; if he stopped to think, the madness and impossibility of it would envelop him.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell