After months marked by corruption, violence, and the open perversion of law, to gasp in outrage at the loss of a few tons of masonry and mortar might seem oddly misjudged.
—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
25 Oct. 2025
On one occasion, a blunt-nosed viper misjudged the distance to its prey.
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