puzzle

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"These mesopelagic fish are doing the hard work of connecting the deep ocean to the surface food web. If we don't understand them, we're basically trying to solve a puzzle with the middle pieces missing."

From Science Daily

"I see myself as this team's opening batter for the series and then we've got a long gap to piece the puzzles together for where the team wants to go," he said.

From Barron's

The site of the strikes -- in Nigeria's northwest state of Sokoto -- has puzzled analysts, since Nigeria's jihadist insurgency is mostly concentrated in the northeast.

From Barron's

"This device is one of the final pieces of the puzzle," Freedman said.

From Science Daily

That mismatch presents a puzzle for astronomers trying to understand how the star formed.

From Science Daily