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100 Hardest and easiest questions for SC as of April 2026

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Despite the success of the bone marrow transplant, the patient was adv

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homersimpsons

10 Sep 2020, 21:00

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29 Jun 2023, 03:27

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Despite the thousands of protests from devoted fans who demanded that

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Sajjad1994

04 Mar 2019, 13:24

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08 Mar 2019, 08:30

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Despite the warnings that tobacco companies are now required

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Warlock007

30 Jul 2011, 12:30

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25 Mar 2023, 22:54

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Despite the water-tight police protection at election booths, the Elec

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Bunuel

14 Oct 2022, 01:30

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05 Nov 2022, 02:00

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Despite their friendly and amusing appearances, adult chimpanzees, hav

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Bunuel

25 Jun 2021, 07:30

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27 Jun 2021, 04:45

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Despite their lucky escape, Jason and his brother could not hardly enj

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Sajjad1994

05 Aug 2019, 22:24

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06 Aug 2019, 08:18

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Despite their numerous attempts to do so, scientists have

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mun23

12 Jul 2018, 03:36

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24 Jul 2022, 08:49

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Despite their team’s shameful performance in the last season, the Yank

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generis

02 Jan 2022, 00:31

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07 Jun 2023, 19:41

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Despite them attempting to do it, doctors have not yet found a cure fo

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Bunuel

25 Jun 2022, 05:45

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17 Apr 2023, 11:55

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Despite them attempting to do it, scientists have not yet found a solu

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Bunuel

12 Aug 2022, 03:30

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03 Sep 2022, 05:00

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Despite there being no fundamental difference in shipbuilding traditio

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Leopard

02 Oct 2017, 22:16

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14 Sep 2024, 15:52

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Despite what was hoped, the introduction of a sixty-five

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RohitKalla

19 Jul 2011, 21:37

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01 Sep 2023, 10:14

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Despite widespread research on the benefits of consuming genetically

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generis

01 May 2021, 22:40

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by: twoface07

19 May 2021, 07:59

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Despite working hard, Rachel failed to get a promotion,

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bb

06 Mar 2023, 13:05

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14 Mar 2023, 01:31

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Avinash99

12 Jul 2013, 09:57

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18 Sep 2024, 23:22

Destruction of war, the bonds of friendship, the longing for the

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rohan2345

02 Jul 2018, 11:02

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17 Jun 2020, 02:36

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Determining which animal on Earth is the largest depends on ones refe

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Bunuel

24 May 2023, 01:30

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04 Jun 2023, 10:30

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Developed by Pennsylvania's Palatine Germans about 1750, Conestoga

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generis

03 Mar 2019, 21:31

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07 Jun 2023, 07:09

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Developed by Pennsylvania's Palatine Germans about 1750, they made

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Developed by Sigmund Freud on the basis of the theory of the subconsci

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18 Apr 2023, 10:49

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Developed in 1919 in the work of the German scholar Karl Schmidt, the

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26 Jul 2018, 02:08

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12 Aug 2023, 01:48

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Developed in the 1940s by two researchers at the University of Pennsyl

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generis

11 May 2021, 23:42

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29 May 2021, 04:11

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Developing East Asian information technology sectors, especially the o

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mikemcgarry

25 May 2016, 10:33

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19 Dec 2022, 07:43

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Developing nations in various parts of the world have amassed $700 bil

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ugimba

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Devices such as hearing aids, which amplify sounds and

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ENAFEX

13 Mar 2012, 19:56

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Diabetes, a disease in which the body does not produce or properly use

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Bunuel

21 Jan 2022, 07:00

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30 Jan 2022, 07:00

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Diabetes, together with its serious complications, ranks as the nation

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06 Sep 2018, 23:15

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Dian Fossey was among the first primatologists to consider: SC

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24 Aug 2019, 10:34

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24 Aug 2019, 11:12

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Diesel engines burn as much as 30 percent less fuel as gasoline engine

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AweSome777

29 Sep 2019, 03:24

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19 Dec 2023, 03:30

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Diesel engines burn as much as 30 percent less fuel than that burned

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NandishSS

06 Jan 2019, 04:38

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12 Feb 2025, 04:28

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Diesel engines burn as much as 30% less fuel than gasoline engines of

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tejal777

04 Jun 2021, 09:23

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31 Oct 2025, 16:40

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Diets including more fruits, vegetables, fiber, and less red, processe

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BillyZ

28 Mar 2017, 17:05

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17 Nov 2025, 14:34

Difference in meaning

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02 Feb 2018, 10:23

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02 Feb 2018, 10:33

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Differences among married couples do not always arise from spite

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generis

31 Mar 2022, 23:56

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01 Apr 2022, 00:45

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Different from owners of German shepherds, some town ordinances do not

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draditya

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Differential diagnosis must be the basis for treatment of epilepsy, si

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25 Jun 2021, 08:00

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Digging in sediments in northern China, evidence has been gathered by

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betterscore

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Digital mental health has turned into a multibillion-dollar industry

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Digitally downloads are greatly affecting the music industry, an unpre

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27 Dec 2022, 10:41

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Digitized documents have levelled the playing field in humanities scho

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generis

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31 Mar 2021, 02:51

Digoxin, used for millennia to treat heart disease, is a chemical that

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Carcass

29 Aug 2023, 10:15

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Dimethyltryptamine, a primary alkaloid in plants such as the Diplopter

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27 Jun 2021, 05:30

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Dinosaur tracks show them walking with their feet directly under their

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generis

09 Feb 2023, 02:40

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23 Sep 2023, 12:59

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Direct democratic governance, exemplifying not the United States Elec

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Bunuel

09 Mar 2022, 02:30

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10 Mar 2022, 21:43

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Dirt roads may evoke the bucolic simplicity of another century, but fi

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Disappearing roughly 3.9 billion years ago, the geological record that

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junii

08 Apr 2021, 18:00

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09 Apr 2021, 04:46

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Disappointed by his students' refusal to complete the assigned reading

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Bunuel

16 May 2023, 01:30

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03 Jun 2023, 22:00

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Disappointed by the company’s decision to put itself for sale,

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benejo

19 May 2019, 20:54

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18 May 2023, 14:24

Discarding and replacing worn appliances may seem to be a wasteful thi

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DharLog

12 Feb 2018, 18:18

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17 Apr 2018, 12:23

Discount coupons will be available from tomorrow, they can be collecte

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chesstitans

30 Dec 2017, 05:08

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03 Feb 2021, 09:28

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