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knotty

[not-ee] / ˈnɒt i /


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Of course, as with any knotty academic question, there are anomalies.

From BBC • Dec. 10, 2025

But she’s a reluctant sleuth in a knotty case with a head full of noise and a shaky hand on the lighter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 13, 2025

It’s the latest in a series of knotty characters embraced by Arquette, 57.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 20, 2025

There’s a comprehensiveness to how “We Are Guardians” lays out a big, knotty problem of environment, politics, geography and business — internationalized yet hyper-local — while spotlighting the Indigenous push-back efforts.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2025

His skin seemed so pale against the dark, knotty wood.

From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson




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