awkward
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Science Center President and Chief Executive Jeffrey N. Rudolph says there is hope to someday bring the building back into service, but that its small spaces, awkward circulation and constant leaking have made that difficult.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026
But the arrangement raises an awkward question: When an AI assistant recommends something to buy, whose interests is it serving?
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026
But we also have those friends who make it awkward to get repaid.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026
He "felt like an awkward spare part" and looked like "the work experience boy", wrote Sasha Morris of the Daily Express, external.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
“I don’t know. She’s cool or whatever,” he says like an awkward eighth grader.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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