cipher
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But he has been a cipher when it comes to the administration’s military “excursions,” as Trump calls them, and has reportedly even been exiled from the makeshift Mar-a-Lago situation room.
From Salon • Mar. 16, 2026
Finally, Marilyn is not presented as a cipher to be solved or quarry to be caged.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 20, 2026
Gabriel could have come across as a mere cipher in this environment, a faceless spook navigating smoke and mirrors.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 12, 2025
The Cybertruck has become a cipher for this injustice.
From Slate • Jun. 22, 2025
The man who invented Bacon’s cipher was Sir Francis Bacon, an English scientist and statesman who lived in Shakespeare’s day.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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