mystery
Example Sentences
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Their leader, the Ayatollah Khomeini, was exiled in France and shrouded in mystery.
The team also found that before it disappeared, Proto-Hyperion could have tilted the orbit of Saturn's distant moon Iapetus, potentially solving another longstanding mystery about the Saturn system.
From Science Daily
There are amusing moments in murder mysteries and gangster sagas; sometimes one needs a break.
“They all seemed to think it was a great mystery … some did not think there was anything supernatural about it.”
From Literature
Unlike a proper mystery, the audience never has the footing to hunt for clues.
From Los Angeles Times
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