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curiously



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peculiarly
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Spicy, sweet and curiously chewy, Chinese latiao -- literally "spicy strips" -- are made by cooking wheat flour dough at a high temperature and pressure.

From Barron's Aug. 14, 2026

Motoki portrays Murashige as curiously recessive — someone who has laid waste to myriad foes and has now lost his taste for bloodshed.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 30, 2026

“Time and Water” is a curiously vibrant elegy, teeming with appreciation for the intimate majesty that is all life, generational and geologic.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 5, 2026

But the most incredible weapon in the San Antonio Spurs’ 7-foot-4 center’s arsenal for dismantling NBA offenses curiously leaves no statistical trace at all, writes Robert O’Connell.

From The Wall Street Journal May 2, 2026

Their cat, Rocket—whom they’d totally ignored, ever since arriving at the house—was just poking his head curiously into the doorway.

From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix




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