The word inscrutable has appeared in 136 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, including on May 9 in “A Free Diver’s Training Partners: Sharks” by Adam Skolnick:

It was another perfect February morning off the coral atoll of Tikehau, French Polynesia, when Denis Grosmaire, 44, anchored around 8 in the morning. Grosmaire, French Polynesia’s deepest free diver, peered over the edge into the crystal-clear South Pacific Ocean. On one side of his speedboat was a flourishing coral reef that plunged toward the shadowy depths. On the other was endless blue water. He slipped on a pair of fins, dropped in alone and waited for company.

Two old friends — or as he calls them, “his lovers” — soon materialized from the blue and swam toward him with easy grace. Chuppa and Victoria were long and muscular, their eyes inscrutable drops of black ink, their skin mostly light gray with charcoal stripes. Their powerful tails swished elegantly behind them. They were tiger sharks, each over 14 feet long.

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