mystery
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It's been three decades filled with mystery, conspiracies - and anger.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
Their goal was to explore a long-standing mystery: how did the dodo perceive and interact with the world around it?
From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 2026
Authorities are trying unlock the mystery of a Downey security guard accused of weapons violations after he twice visited the Trump National Golf Course in Rancho Palos Verdes in advance of this week’s presidential visit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
Plenty of people here sympathize with the mystery vigilante.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
When the latest committee still pronounced the sounds an utter mystery, the rowdy audience erupted.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
He entertained mass audiences so successfully that his murder mysteries, spy sagas and innocent-man-accused tales became their own genre: the Alfred Hitchcock Movie, often imitated but never equaled.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Watching “Scooby-Doo” as a child, I came away with two clear ambitions for adulthood: a side gig solving mysteries and a refrigerator always full of sandwich ingredients.
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026
Dark matter has long been one of astronomy's greatest mysteries.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 14, 2026
The new atlas will not solve the mysteries of the human brain.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
Truth and mysteries crash into each other in Axel’s mind.
From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers
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