puzzle
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We, the audience, are the final piece of the puzzle, the culpable players who not only ate up the original “To Catch a Predator,” but all the media and memes that spun off it.
From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026
The youngster competes in Puyo Puyo Champions, a puzzle game similar to Tetris which was developed in Japan.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
The 53-acre lodge property is only one piece of the Sea Ranch puzzle.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
“I’m just trying to figure out a puzzle here,” Abraham said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
He even began to dislike his friends back home for lacking the powers of logic to puzzle out where he was so they could come to his rescue.
From "Abel's Island" by William Steig
One of the major puzzles in fundamental physics involves the enormous difference between the scale of the universe we experience and the Planck scale, the fundamental energy scale associated with quantum gravity.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026
He says Google, a unit of Alphabet, long ago shifted its bot-detection technology away from relying primarily on visual puzzles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
An AI that’s great at solving medical or inventory-management puzzles is an AI that can be turned to any problem.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
The neurotypical participants completed logic puzzles similar to those given to the participants with language impairments.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026
Especially since free puzzles are the only "Return on Investment" my father ever gets.
From "Sunny" by Jason Reynolds
Investigators, lawyers and “Bachelor” fans alike have puzzled over her motive.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
The oligarch was part of a large group whose presence puzzled other attendees.
From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026
Muthoni Macharia, who runs a restaurant in the capital, Nairobi, usually buys more than 70 packets of fresh milk - and is desperate and puzzled by the scarcity.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
"We were puzzled by this for two years," Bandopadhyay says.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026
Vern opened his mouth to speak, but then looked puzzled.
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
And “One Man In” is a puzzling title: Mr. Craighead wasn’t a sole actor but was accompanied by paramilitary officers from Kenya and a crew of security personnel and civilians.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
The puzzling part is how strong the genetic case looks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
Attacks on military and defence targets are not new, although previous acts of sabotage linked to Russia include more puzzling targets - such as an Ikea store and a Polish paint store.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
Kelly pulls out his phone to show me a video of a woman whose account is dedicated to sharing puzzling life advice while she appears under an extreme beauty filter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
I carried out armloads of fabric and wood and metal put together in all their puzzling ways, and marveled that I’d ever felt comfort in having such things.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
