vagary

Every vagary increases the risk that an artillery round fired over here sends missiles flying over there and detonates a bigger blowup.

But the senators say a vagary in the way the law is written means they can seek another term, Oregon Public Broadcasting reported.

Still, the fact that the weird home exercise equipment corporation—er, sorry, media company—is one of the most potentially lucrative platforms for musicians is yet another bizarre vagary of the modern music industry.

I’d attributed this to my own mental perversity, some degenerate vagary of thought, a projection of my own desire—because he was her brother, and they did look an awful lot alike, and the thought of them together brought, along with the predictable twinges of envy, scruple, surprise, another very much sharper one of excitement.

Eulabee’s own attention moves with lifelike vagary, dilating on anxieties and anticipation.