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riddle

[rid-l] / ˈrɪd l /




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Powell tiptoed away from saying how the Fed would answer that riddle.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

A 48-46 defeat, settled by a France penalty with the clock in the red, only adds to the riddle.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026

But the cyclops can’t solve the simplest of riddles and the increasingly exasperated maidens, who’ll be free once a riddle is solved, can’t get them to stop approaching the cave or from making terrible guesses.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 8, 2026

In fact, they immediately set themselves on the task of pleasing Carol and those like her, along with solving the riddle of their immunity, so they can absorb the stragglers into their joy amoeba.

From Salon • Nov. 26, 2025

“Then you have come to solve a riddle? We do not give information without trial.”

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell




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