alien
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James Webb's extraordinary sensitivity has already enabled scientists to investigate alien atmospheres using a method called eclipse mapping.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026
She seems less like a criminal than an alien.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
I was an alien who was trying to help somebody.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 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
Mercer doesn’t have to do anything alien to him.
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
She lists bills that would penalize states that permit abuse of their welfare systems, of which Minnesota is hardly alone, and another that would require deportation of aliens convicted of fraud.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 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
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
Is it aliens we are seeking, “The Pineapple” begins to ask, or simply perhaps purpose?
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
It was as if the aliens had come down to Earth at last but what they wanted was not our genetic code, or our fresh water, or our electric guitars.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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