quirk
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After the overwhelming success of “Float On” and “Good News…,” Modest Mouse continued to peddle an unlikely balance of DIY quirk with commercial polish.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
“The jump was expected due to a quirk from the government shutdown,” noted Thomas Simons, chief U.S. economist at Jefferies.
From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026
The company’s earnings will also be hurt by an accounting quirk that forces the company to take paper losses on the value of hedging contracts before realizing gains from increases in commodity prices.
From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026
During testing, I ran into another maddening keyboard quirk, where I tapped the right letters but iOS spit out the wrong ones.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026
“As truth,” he said, with that half-raising of an eyebrow that had to be a new quirk; she did not remember him doing it in the past.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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