unknown
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They just hide in the murk of unknown facts.
From Slate ● Oct. 5, 2026
Nearly a quarter had an unknown or unclassified religious affiliation.
From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026
It is unknown whether the attacker underwent a similar check.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
The location of the explosion is also unknown, other than that it was away from the front line.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
He had been buried without funeral or rite in the Cook County Cemetery at Dunning, amid the mad and the unknown dead.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
She argued that there were too many "unknowns" about the impacts of concentrations of PCBs on the body and no treatment for those found to have elevated levels in their blood.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
My husband, 59, and I, 55, are planning to retire over the next few years, and this is one of the biggest unknowns I’m struggling with.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
There are any number of unknowns, but one thing is clear: A majority of the justices ruled that mifepristone access should remain unchanged during litigation in the case.
From Slate ● Sep. 16, 2026
“For us to take that risk and gamble with a new factory, tariff unknowns, shipping unknowns—at this point, we are deciding that it’s just not a risk that we’re willing to take,” she said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
So which is worse, those unknowns, or the freaky girl who just saved us?
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
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