unknown

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“It’s worse to go with an unknown with no personal relationship to the president, which makes it look more foolish.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

Across the entire interim system funded by the city, 51% of exits in January were to unknown and uninhabitable locations, down from 56% two months earlier, according to the latest data available.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026

It is unclear whether it had docked at an Iranian port, It is also unknown whether or not the ship was carrying Iranian oil.

From Salon • Apr. 14, 2026

Researchers at Osaka Metropolitan University have now identified a previously unknown mechanism that helps explain how light influences plant development.

From Science Daily • Apr. 13, 2026

And even if that unknown is scary or dangerous, don’t I, as an explorer, still have to explore it, especially if it’s a matter of life and death?

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el