riddles
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In the extraordinary abstraction that follows, Thatcher finds her ideal role as one of NWR’s stilted avatars, gussied up in couture and spouting riddles.
From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2026
This suggests the technology could untangle other long-unsolved math riddles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026
Mr Williams then created Masquerade, a book filled with cryptic riddles pointing to the hare's location, which attracted treasure hunters from around the globe before it was finally unearthed in 1982.
From BBC ● Nov. 28, 2025
And just as tobacco riddles the lungs, Amazon, one could argue in their preachiest moment, rots the soul.
From Salon ● Mar. 29, 2025
It is the first day of November, nearly dusk, and he is speaking in morbid riddles again.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
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