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
“It just looks like what I assume an alien would think that we eat,” Montgomery said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 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
Suddenly they heard someone yell, "I'm an alien from planet Pizza Pie!"
From "Sleepover Sleuths: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #1" by Carolyn Keene
Once activated, they created a kind of wormhole in the pyramid through which altruistic aliens from the star cluster Pleiades would emerge.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
One thing my dad understood that I think gets overlooked: “Star Trek” wasn’t going out into the galaxy to find aliens that looked different.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 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
It’s like talking to aliens pretending to be human.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
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