orb
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Especially not a green, alien orb that levitates him.
From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026
The temporary change in ownership is heralded by a giant orange orb the size of a hot-air balloon, adorned with the U.S.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2026
Video of another orb says it shows a spherical UAP zooming over the Yellow Sea in 2022.
From BBC ● May 22, 2026
In another, two federal special agents witnessed "a glowing orange orb... perched close to a rock pinnacle."
From Barron's ● May 8, 2026
And when night fell and the lights of Chattana blazed across the water, and Somkit chattered on and on about orb motors and the latest speedboat models, Pong stayed silent.
From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat
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On “Souls of Fire,” Mr. Light’s guitar track is reversed—heard backward—to produce briefly glowing orbs of sound that intensify the song’s elegiac mood.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
And it was not until the 1990s that her vivid patterns, bold floral shapes and shiny steel orbs hit the mainstream, later providing the backdrop to countless selfies.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
More recently, a senior US intelligence officer said he saw "countless orange orbs swarming in all directions" last year rendering him "speechless".
From BBC ● May 22, 2026
For some, though, “fruit salad” still conjures images of syrup-slicked fruit orbs — maybe even veering into ambrosia territory.
From Salon ● May 31, 2025
It took her a while to find the Hidden Market, but once she arrived on that grimy canalway, she had spied two men—one massive, one short—hawking orbs on a rickety table.
From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat
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