alien
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And Moss-Bachrach brings a menacing edge of dissociated weirdness to Sal, the character John Cazale played as a neighborhood space alien.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026
But that happiness has been accompanied by hard moments and difficulties to adapt to a new life in a country that, at times, feels alien to him.
From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026
Today, new tools and approaches are helping scientists search for alien biology within our solar system and in the atmospheres of planets orbiting other stars, and look for traces of extraterrestrial hardware anywhere.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026
The curious light of gloaming makes the landscape alien to us as color bleeds slowly away.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
The two of them sat down on the couch while I took the La-Z-Boy, wondering to myself whether Cletus wasn’t just some alien pretending to be a human life.
From "Missing May" by Cynthia Rylant
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