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But the senators say a vagary in the way the law is written means they can seek another term, Oregon Public Broadcasting reported.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 26, 2023

Still, the fact that the weird home exercise equipment corporation—er, sorry, media company—is one of the most potentially lucrative platforms for musicians is yet another bizarre vagary of the modern music industry.

From Slate ● Jul. 12, 2021

It covers the whole wide world of early-19th-century trade, and it evinces a worldly acceptance of human disparity and vagary.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 16, 2018

Insider trading is really not well defined so that it can escape the vagary between the well informed participant and the person who is actually using knowledge that is withheld deliberately to mislead traders.

From New York Times ● May 23, 2016

As Sullivan saw it, “Burnham came out of his somnambulistic vagary and joined in. He was keen enough to understand that ‘Uncle Dick’”—meaning Hunt—“had done him a needed favor.”

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

And if so, just who, on a day when the vagaries of links golf on the blustery Lancashire coast propelled several players into realistic contention and just as quickly swept their aspirations aside.

From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026

Sodium-ion technology is notable because it could free batteries from the vagaries of the lithium price cycle, the analysts said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026

If they are wiped away, Americans voting by mail will have to rely on the vagaries of the Postal Service to ensure their ballots arrive on time.

From Slate ● Mar. 23, 2026

The vagaries of that schedule will require flexibility and depth and will likely force Dos Santos to rotate players in and out of the lineup.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 2026

Everybody was essentially himself—was riotously busy fulfilling the vagaries of human nature.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White