alien
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"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
While house was music was based on samples, designed to call a dance floor together, techno was meant to be challenging, alien and fundamentally new.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026
His books resist exoticizing the characters as alien specimens.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
By revealing how complex alien atmospheres can be understood from faint changes in light, this new approach could help scientists take another step toward answering that question.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026
Who is this alien, and what has it done with my grandmother?
From "On the Come Up" by Angie 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
Instead, he thinks humanity can deliver its own salvation—albeit with a bit of inspiration from aliens.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
Is it aliens we are seeking, “The Pineapple” begins to ask, or simply perhaps purpose?
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
By examining the belief in aliens, he writes, we “can help clarify some of the primary social and spiritual quandaries of our time, even—or especially—if UFOs don’t actually exist.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
The aliens all have cool powers they use to make trouble for the mean teacher.
From "Invisible Inkling" by Emily Jenkins
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