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quirk

[kwurk] / kwɜrk /


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Avoiding difficult conversations is not a CEO personality quirk.

From MarketWatch • May 27, 2026

Some of those earnings also come from an accounting quirk.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

It would also almost certainly extend access to health benefits — a quirk of American marriage that experts said lies at the heart of the legal fight over poly partnerships.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 25, 2026

During testing, I ran into another maddening keyboard quirk, where I tapped the right letters but iOS spit out the wrong ones.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

The idea of leaving one’s family at home and driving an hour to work at a factory to get paid by the hour struck Generose as a weird quirk of American society.

From "Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference" by Warren St. John




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