strange
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The book shows a strange creature resembling a bunny with wings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
"In the initial weeks, I had this really strange pang of wanting to go back. Because it was something I understood," Gershkovich recalled.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
It’s about inertia and abdication, not solutions, and while I don’t entirely love this strange comedy, I’m giddy that it’s lurched into existence.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026
She said: "Millions of people, all having completely different days, piling into the same conversation for a few hours - what a strange and lovely thing!"
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
In fairness, it would have been strange if it had.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
Lee said the stranger walked off afterwards without saying a word.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
And the person next to you, a stranger, feels it too, at the exact same moment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
That means we may never know with certainty whether the entire universe is infinite, finite, curved, or connected in some larger and stranger way.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026
My wife also pointed out that we had a deep emotional attachment to the house and did not want to see it sold to a stranger.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026
The next day, as Duane headed out of his cave and down the hill, he spotted the stranger grazing near Handsome.
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
Still, this is probably the strangest rebrand we’ve seen so far, partly because there was no public impetus for such a visible change.
From Slate ● Oct. 3, 2026
Herzog’s adventurous spirit has led him to explore the furthest reaches of the globe, but also inward to map the strangest recesses of the heart.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
Among the many surprises uncovered by the James Webb Space Telescope, one of the strangest has been a large population of tiny, intensely red objects known as Little Red Dots.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026
The social media account regularly shares videos of property listings, often highlighting some of the strangest looking houses on the market across the country.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
He’s clearly smart, but lacks basic common sense in the strangest of ways.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
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