inscrutable
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Interviewees joke about how inscrutable he is, guess at aspects of his biography, and early on we hear Michaels’ belief that explaining humor is pointless.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
Telecasts became crowded with inscrutable advanced metrics and probabilities.
From Salon • Apr. 13, 2026
Pegula described the inscrutable Rybakina as "cool as a cucumber".
From Barron's • Jan. 30, 2026
Although Leo is more inscrutable than Francis, Catholics are beginning to get a better sense of the man beneath the cassock.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 27, 2025
Back then, anyone looking up at it was likely to find it looking back with its immense, inscrutable eyes.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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