impenetrable
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"I'd be lying if I said I was a completely impenetrable robot," he tells the BBC.
From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026
The primary difference between public and private prisons, experts told Salon, is that private prisons operate in an even more impenetrable black box than public prisons.
From Salon • Jan. 28, 2026
A poorly cleared corner followed by an unfortunate deflection proved fatal to the hitherto impenetrable Parisian defence.
From Barron's • Jan. 20, 2026
Though generally handsome and admirably executed, they often remain impenetrable, enigmatic objects—carriers saddled with ideas—rather than autonomous, living sculptures in which form and content inextricably fuse.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 22, 2025
The dark forest seemed to surround us, impenetrable.
From "Between Shades of Gray" by Ruta Sepetys
Vocabulary lists containing impenetrable
The Diary of Anne Frank
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The Alchemist
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Tolkien Reading Day, List 1
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