inscrutable
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To ordinary churchgoers, the God of medieval imagination appeared distant and inscrutable.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
Melania, the documentary about the First Lady, is a lot like its subject: extremely expensive and fundamentally inscrutable.
From Slate • Feb. 3, 2026
Pegula described the inscrutable Rybakina as "cool as a cucumber".
From Barron's • Jan. 30, 2026
There’s a stilted quality to the conversation as they discuss their eccentric, inscrutable dad.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 24, 2025
Kekrops turned those inscrutable dark eyes on her.
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
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