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11 August 2026

Puzzle sentence and answer

The sentence

Furious unions, calling the terms an insult, rejected all final contract offers.

Show the five-word answer
unionsrejectedfinalcontractoffers

Kept 'insult'? That is what they said, not what they did. The rejection is the news, and 'final' is why it stings: no next offer is coming.

Every word, accounted for

Furiousa feeling. you can't check a feeling
unionswho did it. stays
callingwhat they said, not what they did
theglue. never in the answer
termstheir word for the offers. the offers are already here
anglue. never in the answer
insulttheir word, not the event
rejectedwhat happened. stays
allscope. the rejection is the same rejection
finalthe thing that makes it news. stays
contractsays which offers. you can picture it. stays
offersthe thing itself. stays
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