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alien

[ayl-yuhn, ay-lee-uhn] / ˈeɪl jən, ˈeɪ li ən /




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He added: "I've passed on to the reader some of the puzzlement and confusion of the characters in the book as they face a future with the alien."

From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026

To the nocturnal creatures of South Dakota’s prairie, Travis Livieri fancies himself an alien abductor.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026

"It's a four-nation, 400-mile cycle challenge… all of those things are alien to me," said Evans, who didn't even own a bike before the current challenge.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

Its 2024 debut report revealed hundreds of previously unknown UAP incidents, but found no evidence that the U.S. government had ever confirmed a sighting of alien technology.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

Four girls from the back table dashed to the front of the room and presented their app game about an alien landing on Earth.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas

"Partnerships with law enforcement are critical to having the resources we need to arrest criminal illegal aliens across the country," the spokesperson added.

From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026

With stories of monsters, aliens and time travel, “The Twilight Zone” could look like escapist entertainment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

In medbed lore, they are one of several kinds of aliens cited to explain the super-advanced “dimensional” medical technology.

From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026

He was instrumental in doing the stop-motion miniature chess scene in “Star Wars: A New Hope,” bringing the Imperial Walkers to life and creating aliens like Jabba the Hutt and tauntauns.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026

It was as if the aliens had come down to Earth at last but what they wanted was not our genetic code, or our fresh water, or our electric guitars.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day


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