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alien

[ayl-yuhn, ay-lee-uhn] / ˈeɪl jən, ˈeɪ li ən /




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Watters wanted to compress El-Sayed into a caricature, a radical leftist Muslim candidate who could be made alien and threatening to the people watching at home.

From Salon ● Oct. 8, 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

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

An unexplained catastrophe, and the arrival of mysterious alien beings, have turned British society upside down - and a man and his elderly aunt muddle through on the Kent coast.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

Finally, he asks, “What is that? It looks like an alien helmet.”

From "Shouting at the Rain" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt

Instead, he thinks humanity can deliver its own salvation—albeit with a bit of inspiration from aliens.

From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026

It was going out to find aliens that thought different.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

He was instrumental in doing the stop-motion miniature chess scene in “Star Wars: A New Hope,” bringing the Imperial Walkers to life and creating aliens like Jabba the Hutt and tauntauns.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 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

“This behavior defies expectation. It’s like aliens have taken over their bodies.”

From "City Spies" by James Ponti




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