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Recent Examples of brainteaser
Litt’s online project doesn’t just highlight the enduring allure of brainteasers.
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Erica Klarreich, Quanta Magazine, 29 Aug. 2024
As the impulsive Moon in your playful 5th house tickles unconscious Pluto in your philosophy zone, your current brainteaser might be just the thing to jolt you out of an uncomfortable rut.
—Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 8 Aug. 2024
The brainteaser tasks players with grouping 16 words into four categories based on association.
—Kendra Stanton Lee, Newsweek, 9 July 2024
The popular game show has been on air for 39 seasons with guild writers penning the tricky brainteasers.
—Kaitlyn Huamani, Peoplemag, 26 July 2023
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Erica Klarreich, Quanta Magazine, 29 Aug. 2024
As the impulsive Moon in your playful 5th house tickles unconscious Pluto in your philosophy zone, your current brainteaser might be just the thing to jolt you out of an uncomfortable rut.
—Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 8 Aug. 2024
The brainteaser tasks players with grouping 16 words into four categories based on association.
—Kendra Stanton Lee, Newsweek, 9 July 2024
The popular game show has been on air for 39 seasons with guild writers penning the tricky brainteasers.
—Kaitlyn Huamani, Peoplemag, 26 July 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brainteaser
Noun
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Big thanks to Rylan for helping get this puzzle started!Sam Corbin, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2025
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Note: Most subscribers have some, but not all, of the puzzles that correspond to the following set of solutions for their local newspaper.USA TODAY, USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Literary folks will recognize this as one of the riddles from Bilbo and Gollum’s famous exchange.Erik Kain, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
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Khaled Abdullah/Reuters The resulting riddle of what to do is feeding an internal debate here: continue to hit long-range targets in Yemen or strike Iran, though it is considered to have only limited sway over the upstart Houthis, who revel in their ability to do harm both to Israel and the world.Dina Kraft, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Dec. 2024
Noun
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What will be needed to finally solve this conundrum?Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
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But the second season seems to pull back from such bleakness, losing itself in abstract ethical conundrums and rote emotional ones.Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2025
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“Brainteaser.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brainteaser. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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