riddle
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“It’s just been the riddle that nobody could solve,” said Monica Florio, who has helped lead research on Amgen’s candidate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 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
John Parker believes he has solved the riddle.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 3, 2026
“So the riddle asks, what makes the champion a coward?”
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
Sanft has also said prosecution witnesses were unreliable and the police investigation was riddled with issues.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
And being riddled with all the cliched insecurities that every other actor, when you’re playing it, you go, “God, this feels great. To not even have to try with people must be so wonderful.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
SpaceX’s route to achieving its grand connectivity vision for Starlink is riddled with multibillion-dollar problems and would require decades’ worth of catching up, according to MoffettNathanson analysts.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 25, 2026
McElwee’s last documentary, 2011’s “Photographic Memory,” saw Adrian as a young adult, trying to come into his own and figure out his place in life amid a shifting social landscape riddled with digital black holes.
From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2026
He did not want to express the doubts and uncertainties about Dumbledore that had riddled him for months now.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
The next movement, dedicated to Smith’s mother, is more traditionally notated — and offers the riddling complexity that Smith builds from motivic repetition.
From New York Times ● Jul. 13, 2022
“Gone Girl” bombards us with testimonies, letters, phone calls, riddling treasure hunt clues and the aforementioned diary entries, prodding us to read smarter.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 12, 2022
He also served as a source for my notorious 1993 article “The Death of Proof,” which reported that “the doubts riddling modern human thought have finally infected mathematics.”
From Scientific American ● Sep. 15, 2019
“A Place to Lie Down and Sleep” presents the most riddling scenario.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 7, 2017
He had a habit of making grouchy, riddling remarks, but he had also shown himself to be a friend to Penelope and the children, at least when he chose to be.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
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"Macbeth" Vocabulary from Act III
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
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