byzantine
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But the particularities of the sport outside its elegant, digestible, quadrennial national context were always too byzantine to wrap my head around.
From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2026
The winnowing of victims has been the result of byzantine legal procedures, strict vetting and tightened eligibility rules, which victims told ProPublica and the Inquirer took them by surprise.
From Salon ● Apr. 24, 2026
Nia can talk for more than five minutes explaining the byzantine narrative she has constructed for the haunt.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2025
Biotech research exists in its own byzantine world where scientific rigor marries startup energy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2025
A byzantine labyrinth of rules and regulations, he said, that he was supposed to enforce “sitting in a bar all night long, which I hated.”
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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