paradox
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The case highlights a paradox: while Europe's armies are bolstering their protection against espionage and hybrid threats, the vehicles they use can collect sensitive information.
From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026
Stupnikov understood a central paradox of his situation: The safest place for turncoats like him was in Ukraine—close to the troops and country they left behind.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
Remember the birthday paradox from your mathematics class?
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026
"Sleep may appear peaceful, but the brain is highly active -- especially when dreaming. We were intrigued by this paradox, and wanted to look into the scientific basis behind why dreaming is somehow tiring."
From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026
The philosophers of his day were unable to refute the paradox.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
Political observers also wonder whether the book could shed light on the paradoxes of the Congress-led government between 2004 and 2014.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
One of the paradoxes of Diamond’s career is that his flashy showman reputation is built on songs that can be almost comically humble in their imagery.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026
Time-travel paradoxes rest on the false premise that events exist as revisitable locations.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2025
The scientific consensus that the mind consists of intricate activity in an unfathomably complex brain, which, like all organs, is vulnerable to disease and decay, suffers from none of these paradoxes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2025
In humanities class, people are starting to freak out and second-guess their paradoxes.
From "Ask the Passengers" by A.S. King
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