alien
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Especially not a green, alien orb that levitates him.
From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026
Yiannopoulos, "an illegal alien from the United Kingdom" had been sent "back to his home country", a DHS spokesperson said in a statement given to the BBC.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
In “We Want to Believe,” Adam Kirsch says “there is no convincing reason to think that Earth has ever been visited by alien spaceships.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Over the next few months, workers at APL will bolt on eight three-bladed rotors that will allow Dragonfly to fly several miles at a hop above the alien surface.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026
With the alien tech in his ray gun.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Phil Tippett, the visual effects artist who crafted aliens in “Star Wars” and dinosaurs in “Jurassic Park,” is shutting down his Berkeley-based studios after more than 40 years of business.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026
Mr. Obama clarified that there is no evidence of aliens, “unless there’s this enormous conspiracy.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
A Japanese journalist coined the term cosplay -- combining costume and play -- in 1984 after seeing people dressed as monsters and aliens at a sci-fi convention in Los Angeles.
From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026
Suggested causes include acoustic pollution from human activity, naturally occurring environmental sounds and conspiracy theories involving the CIA or even aliens.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 19, 2026
I picked up a rock and thought how weird it was that people call ’em aliens.
From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña
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