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mystery

[mis-tuh-ree, -tree] / ˈmɪs tə ri, -tri /


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A clue to the missing-three-million-barrel mystery lies in China’s petrochemical plants.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

There’s a sense of quiet mystery in tarot.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

The mystery remains difficult to solve because the full sequence of events that led to life is impossible to observe directly and extremely challenging to recreate.

From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026

Warsh’s confirmation testimony cut through the fog: inflation is not an act of God, a shipping-container mystery, or a Gulf headline.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 6, 2026

“But first things first—back to the letter,” she thought, for at the moment she was trying to solve an altogether different mystery: Had Miss Mortimer forgotten her birthday, or not?

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood




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