Winston Churchill described the intentions and interests of Russia in 1939: "I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia. It is a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an (a)   ; but perhaps there is a key. That key is Russian national interest."

The latest military coup in Burkina Faso that took place in September of 2022 was somewhat of a (a)   for the outgoing government, with gunfire and explosions taking place in the presidential palace as well as several other parts of the capital, Ouagadougou, as Captain Ibrahim Traore and his troops moved in. It was complete chaos for several days.

Your behavior has been very mysterious and strange, even (a)   , lately. Could it be true that you are actually becoming a werewolf?

London in 1666 and Chicago in 1871 were two (a)   that burned the majority of each city down.

One of the more (a)   historical episodes is the disappearance of Amelia Earhart somewhere over the Pacific in 1939. Her plane was never found, and it all remains a mystery to this day.

The Hessians were paid troops, otherwise known as (a)   , who fought for the British in the American Revolution. The legend of the Headless Horseman is based on a decapitated Hessian soldier. The Hessians were from Hess, a region of Germany.

The old (a)   liked to sit around and count his money. He was dead inside. Everyone hated him. He made Ebenezer Scrooge look like a saint.

My great aunt was so (a)   that she would show up around mealtimes at my grandmother's house to save having to buy her own food.

(a)   is the root of all evil. In Latin, it's, "Radix malorum cupiditas est." It just hits different in Latin. Sometimes, you hear "The love of money is the root of all evil," and that is what you find in 1 Timothy 6:10. In the Afrikaans Bible, it goes, "Geldgierigheid is die wortel van alle kwaad," which is nearly word-for-word the same as the English. "Geldgierigheid" means something like covetousness, which is like greed, although you can see that the word contains "geld," which means money, together with "gierigheid," which means greediness or cupidity.

(a)   people will do stuff like wash out Ziploc bags, smooth out tin foil and save it, or recycle wrapping paper so that they do not have to buy new.

The couple lived a very (a)   , economical life. They seldom went out to eat and just bought the bare essentials. They did not concern themselves with luxuries. They raised their own cows, sheep, and chickens, and they had a nice garden each year.