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Recent Examples of brainteaserTrue, this area is so palpably pretty its image graces containers of chewy nougats and 1,000-piece brainteasers.—Norma Meyer, Oc Register, 3 Sep. 2025 The deals also will give Peacock and Hulu access to older episodes of the programs, enabling their viewers to binge on the brainteasers.—Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2025 The daily brainteaser features 16 seemingly random words grouped together in a box.—Kevin Sabet, Newsweek, 24 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for brainteaser
This puzzle piece challenges our biases about who deserves to be in a classroom and confronts the notion that women should focus solely on child rearing not their education.
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Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Mar. 2026
Occasionally, that puzzle produces happy accidents.
People in trucks have arrived with thousands of containers from other states where the bottle return fee is 5 cents or nothing at all, costing businesses millions and creating a conundrum for legislators, who are now trying to fix the situation.
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Sean Krofssik,
Hartford Courant,
2 Mar. 2026
The media, blind to the central role of the money supply, fails to see this conundrum.