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Each panel was archived, ensuring the bike could be repaired or recreated if ever damaged—a necessity given the complexity of the forms.—
Eric Hendrikx,
Robb Report,
22 Apr. 2026 -
To witness someone in all their complexity and to detail that complexity is an act of love.—
Jesmyn Ward,
Vanity Fair,
21 Apr. 2026
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This project encountered several delays, and POSCO dropped it a few years ago due to difficulties in acquiring land, according to a Reuters report.—
Priyanka Salve,
CNBC,
21 Apr. 2026
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Using Opta’s power rankings to estimate the relative difficulty of each side’s remaining games, Carlos Corberan’s Valencia have the most to fear.—
Thom Harris,
New York Times,
21 Apr. 2026
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Technical skill alone has been shown to account for more than a quarter of the variation in complication rates among surgeons performing the same procedure.—
Mathias P. Bostrom,
Fortune,
16 Apr. 2026
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Despite the potential complications, the mom-to-be — who also welcomed a healthy baby girl about two years prior — stood steadfast and refused to do that.—
Kimberlee Speakman,
PEOPLE,
16 Apr. 2026
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None of us can know the profoundness of their loss.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
7 Feb. 2026
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Byrne is generous with his time and attention, but there’s also a Warholian air of mystery about him—a gentle impenetrability, a feeling of separateness.—
Amanda Petrusich,
New Yorker,
10 Nov. 2025
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As a result, the impenetrability of EU bureaucracies will continue to limit the United States’ ability to restructure transatlantic economic relations.—
JENNIFER KAVANAGH,
Foreign Affairs,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Abstruseness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abstruseness. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.
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