inexplicable
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But the control centre decided to "resume traffic in circumstances that, from our point of view, are inexplicable," Puente said, with the Renfe train travelling 25 kilometres before striking the Iryo.
From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026
The Spanish transport minister said the circumstances were "inexplicable".
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026
When the doors finally opened, nearly every player was sitting in front of his locker, most still in uniform, waiting to explain what seemed to be inexplicable.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
Confronted with the inexplicable, Morewedge says, we instinctively turn to the “incredible psychological machinery that we have for thinking about how people behave.”
From Slate ● Sep. 27, 2026
The main fear of every top notch chess player, the story went on, “is the inexplicable error from which no one is immune,” the chance blunder.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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