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mysterious

[mi-steer-ee-uhs] / mɪˈstɪər i əs /


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The few times he appeared outside those safe spaces came off as safari expeditions in a mysterious city the 42-year-old lifelong Angeleno obviously didn’t know.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

Or is it simply about “trauma and the mysterious workings of the unconscious,” as New York Times critic Beatrice Loayza says?

From Salon • Jun. 8, 2026

The explanations for why Americans are having fewer children, or having them later, aren’t mysterious.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

From the friendly alien at the heart of E.T. to the mysterious visitors in Close Encounters of the Third Kind, some of his most celebrated films have explored humanity's fascination with life beyond Earth.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

But not after she was so mysterious this afternoon, not when she had to have known I’d have questions...

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix




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