alien
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But new observations reveal that the atmospheres surrounding some of these scorching alien worlds can have surprisingly uneven shapes.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026
She seems less like a criminal than an alien.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
Watching “That Thing You Do!” climbing the charts throughout the movie is a peek into an alien musical world, one that was both more regional and more monocultural than the one we inhabit today.
From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026
The Being is alien, mystical and magical, a migrant finding her way in a new world.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
The booth across from it is lime green, with little alien heads and UFOs outlined all over it in black paint.
From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day
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
Second, though “virtually all scientists” reject the idea that aliens have visited Earth, researchers are “increasingly confident that humanity will discover extraterrestrial life.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
When these new interests and values are recognized and institutionalized, geek lads may have more status and feel less like aliens in their own schools.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
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