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impossibility

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


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After that, when the impossibility of recovering anyone else became clear, Al-Zaharnah and others kept hoping international organizations would convince Israel to allow more construction equipment, but to little avail.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 9, 2026

Without equal citizenship, equal voting rights, and equal opportunity to elect representatives of one’s choice, republican government was an impossibility.

From Slate Jun. 3, 2026

Mangione’s reasons succinctly reflect a society where consistently reliable healthcare is a virtual impossibility without millions of dollars at your disposal.

From Salon Apr. 29, 2026

"They want to see an inclusive school system. The problem is they are just so overstretched, they are being asked to do much more with less resource - it becomes an impossibility."

From BBC Mar. 28, 2026

Of course, the impossibility of love makes it all the more exciting.

From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau

Spaeny: The great thing about this show is that it’s zeroing in on everyday impossibilities of life, the things that should be so simple, but drive us all up the wall.

From Los Angeles Times May 27, 2026

When it comes to Ronaldo, his compatriots have learned that, as he usually says, "there are no impossibilities".

From BBC Feb. 5, 2025

The Los Angeles Times investigation concluded that he did not, based on interviews with more than a dozen former Frito-Lay employees, company records and some glaring inconsistencies — nay, impossibilities — in his story.

From New York Times Jun. 9, 2023

Greg had theories on how the world of speculative fiction worked, theories on how its precisely imagined impossibilities got delivered to receptive minds.

From Seattle Times Nov. 29, 2022

The human psyche was much more flexible than I’d imagined, capable of expanding to contain all sorts of contradictions and seeming impossibilities.

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs




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