quirk
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Just three players this century have had a season with at least 550 at-bats and zero homers, a bizarre statistical quirk that hasn’t happened since Elvis Andrus of the Texas Rangers in 2010.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
Robert and Michelle King return to the network and territory of their acclaimed series “The Good Wife” with this Silicon Valley-based legal dramedy, replicating that show’s mix of quirk, current events and courtroom nail-biters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
It’s a cruel quirk of fate, or maybe just a tragic irony, that we are celebrating America’s semiquincentennial during one of the most surreal periods in American history.
From Salon ● Jun. 30, 2026
This drafting quirk, far more than just a fun fact for grammar nerds or English teachers nationwide, is seen as proof that a narrow reading of the spending clause is most appropriate.
From Slate ● Jun. 23, 2026
With a quirk of his eyebrows, he bends and wraps an arm around my legs, throwing me over his shoulder.
From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth
They did not attempt to find the quirks in this familiar score, but rather leaned into its inherent merits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
State and local tax quirks could also play a role in surprise bills.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026
Through quirks of form and function, all other radio-ready music is incredibly focused on its immediate surroundings.
From Salon ● Aug. 3, 2026
Symmetry - AI often fails to recreate the quirks that make us human - a slightly drooping eyelid or a lop-sided smile.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
Yet once the sixty-inch shook off its quirks in the spring of 1939, it began to perform as spectacularly as its designers expected.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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