alien
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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
It arrived like an alien spacecraft landing on our planet and shocked the world almost as much.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 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
Then it resembles an alien probe, filled with weird nozzles and mysterious hatches.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026
He and she were growing up, growing older and further apart in this alien land to which they had never chosen to come.
From "Lupita Mañana" by Patricia Beatty
"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
It was going out to find aliens that thought different.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 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
It was as if he had been abducted by aliens.
From "Please Ignore Vera Dietz" by A.S. King
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