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In effect, scientists attempt to control where the particles stick to one another, much like designing puzzle pieces that can connect only in particular positions.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026

Williams said he was "always open to a challenge" and trying to "figure out a puzzle".

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

But Braun was running a different type of program, with a very particular puzzle.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

Wall Street isn’t alone in wrestling with a puzzle.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026

Ona’s story set alongside that of Billy Lee leaves a great puzzle: Why did Washington’s faithful manservant Billy Lee choose to stay, while Ona Judge took enormous risks to escape?

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis

Kyra said her mum likes the "little things in life" and "loves doing jigsaw puzzles"

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

Hawkins-Field said her mum likes the "little things in life", but "loves doing jigsaw puzzles, big, really, really difficult, intricate jigsaw puzzles" and reading.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

What emerges is a book as entertaining as it is informative, a smartly crafted account that covers a broad swath of history’s most confounding puzzles and startling rediscoveries.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

The “American Idol” alum took to social media on Saturday to call out Art of Play, a high-end “curiosity shop” that sells puzzles, games and other whimsical goods, for her negative experience during a visit.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

Especially since free puzzles are the only "Return on Investment" my father ever gets.

From "Sunny" by Jason Reynolds

And then there was the rest of the internet which was simply puzzled.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

Those who don’t have a job are locked out of the growing economy as if it were a fortress, leaving them puzzled by the headlines of low unemployment and an accelerating GDP.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

Not long ago, ordering a nonalcoholic beer at Oktoberfest could draw puzzled looks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

Mars' innermost moon, Phobos, has puzzled planetary scientists for decades.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026

“When this was first encountered, and I had puzzled over it for all the time I could spare,” Elizebeth wrote, “I decided to make the assumption that it was enciphered code.”

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield

It was puzzling at first to the ER staff, and unusual for everyone, but it was also a defining moment for Van Gorp.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

Earlier measurements revealed something puzzling about TOI-561 b.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 27, 2026

Even more puzzling, astronomers have not reliably identified a pair of supermassive black holes orbiting extremely close together, despite abundant evidence of colliding galaxies.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026

Speaking of parks, it’s inconsistent and puzzling that the museum’s beautiful park, which edges right up to the building, can be entered without having to also pass through security.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

China’s apparent linguistic near-unity is also puzzling in view of the linguistic disunity of other long-settled parts of the world.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond