alien
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On Sept. 10, federal authorities arrested Bhengura and charged him with voting as an alien in a federal election and making a false statement about being a U.S. citizen in order to register to vote.
From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026
The exhibition brings together original Giger artwork depicting the alien egg and an original facehugger from the 1979 film, the spidery parasite whose method of reproduction helped make “Alien” a landmark of body horror.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
At Huxley-Parlour, SaraNoa Mark’s chunky cast-glass sculptures look like fragments of artifacts from an ancient alien civilization.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
Dive into this short story about humans’ first contact with an alien who’s been corrupted by some very modern vices.
From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026
Lily’s garbled words sound more like an alien language than anything resembling French.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
As I walked out into the desert sunshine, I tried to reconcile the suffering I’d seen online with aliens performing metaphysical microsurgeries throughout my body.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
“There are these movies where the aliens are coming, and you see unprecedented levels of cooperation between China and the U.S.,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
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
"We encourage all illegal aliens to take control of their departure with the CBP Home App."
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
I stare at him, beseeching the aliens or Clark Gable or whoever’s in charge of soul abductions to bring back my brother.
From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson
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