as in unpredictability
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Yarbrough said the primary benefit of the Pastoria solar project isn’t monetary savings but rather decarbonization, as climate change fueled by fossil fuel emissions is already creating more unpredictability for California’s hydropower.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Apr. 2026 -
Tensions can exist, but a ceasefire, backchannel talks or even a frozen conflict is preferable to ongoing unpredictability.—
Kai Nicol-Schwarz,
CNBC,
17 Apr. 2026
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Whether out of arrogance, capriciousness, or collective amnesia, this recent history was ignored.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
13 Mar. 2026
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The capriciousness of fate was not lost on Karstens and many of the survivors.—
Jake Goodrick,
Sacbee.com,
23 Dec. 2025
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Malcolm's daughter is struggling in life and school, but her father's genetic toolkit only has belligerence, impulsiveness and thickheadedness, passed on by his on-screen parents.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
8 Apr. 2026
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Ortiz and Brown take on Bebo and Lola portraying the impulsiveness of youth, exacerbated, particularly in Bebo’s case, by poverty and limited options to make his way in the world.—
Carlos Aguilar,
IndieWire,
20 Mar. 2026
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Part of the Nordic ESS Group collection of hotels, Rox meshes soothing Scandinavian minimalism with a welcome moodiness.—
Travel + Leisure Editors,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Apr. 2026
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This isn’t a role that requires dealing with chaos or moodiness — Russell Westbrook is no longer on the team, remember?—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
25 Mar. 2026
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“Mercurialness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mercurialness. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.
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