uncertain
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“The direction of travel is now more uncertain, and the next few days will be critical in determining whether diplomacy can reassert itself or whether the conflict moves into a more sustained escalation cycle.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
The change has left many Americans who spent years collecting documentation uncertain about their prospects.
From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026
As of this writing, the race for the second runoff spot, the one that would put Pratt on the November ballot against incumbent Karen Bass, remains genuinely uncertain.
From Salon • Jun. 6, 2026
Wednesday's Pearson Edexcel paper one exam has left students feeling "overwhelmed" and "uncertain" by questions that required "multiple layers of reasoning" and "extended algebraic manipulation".
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
He’d been with MI6 for twenty years, and like many great spies, he was of uncertain age and ethnicity.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
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