mysterious
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These include a fragment from Byron—only a few scribbled pages, set in a Turkish cemetery, about the mysterious Augustus Darvell—and a long story called “The Vampyre” by John William Polidori, Byron’s former doctor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Guiding a young heroine to meet a mysterious faun, for a moment, the fantastical creature looks as though it might cross the threshold of the screen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
Last week, a 28-year-old laboratory worker—who, notably, worked at an anti-plague research institute—died under mysterious circumstances in a remote Siberian city.
From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2026
The findings raise the possibility that some mysterious cosmic flashes, whose sources have been difficult to explain, may actually come from merging neutron stars.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026
Finally, a lot of people will say the Mona Lisa is famous for her mysterious smile.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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