enigma
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For many Americans, the price of prescription drugs is an enigma.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
When Todd Haynes made his 1995 masterpiece “Safe”—which cast Julianne Moore as a Los Angeles housewife under siege by myriad illnesses—environmental disease was an enigma.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026
I have now spoken to more patients and doctors about why this condition remains such an enigma.
From BBC ● Apr. 10, 2026
It’s Seyfried who elevates “The Housemaid” from guilty pleasure status, making it an exhilarating enigma at one moment and genuinely affecting the next.
From Salon ● Jan. 31, 2026
I knew what enigma meant—my mother often said I was one, especially when I dipped fried eggs in grape jelly or deliberately wore mismatched socks.
From "The Thing About Jellyfish" by Ali Benjamin
It pitted the “unfledged, unarmed chemist” on one side, while “on the other side, responding with enigmas, stood Matter.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
Artists know that enigmas bring us closer to the truth.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 18, 2025
Despite decades of study, dark energy remains one of science's most puzzling enigmas.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 6, 2025
It reportedly contained a joking reference that "enigmas never age" and allegedly ended with the words: "A pal is a wonderful thing. Happy Birthday - and may every day be another wonderful secret."
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2025
However, Charnock was not the only person to talk enigmas to her that afternoon.
From Miranda of the Balcony A Story by A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodle) Mason
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