riddle
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A 48-46 defeat, settled by a France penalty with the clock in the red, only adds to the riddle.
From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026
But the cyclops can’t solve the simplest of riddles and the increasingly exasperated maidens, who’ll be free once a riddle is solved, can’t get them to stop approaching the cave or from making terrible guesses.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 8, 2026
One thinks of the old riddle about the tree falling in the forest with no one to hear it: If a painter offers a masterpiece but no one can see it .
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026
In fact, they immediately set themselves on the task of pleasing Carol and those like her, along with solving the riddle of their immunity, so they can absorb the stragglers into their joy amoeba.
From Salon • Nov. 26, 2025
‘The time has come. Hold it up, and then Boromir will understand the remainder of his riddle.’
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
Vocabulary lists containing riddle
"Macbeth" Vocabulary from Act III
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This Week In Words: March 21–27, 2020
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
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