saucer
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The first song they made was “Tonka 2,” which sounds like a flying saucer beaming up an alien in sonic form.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 2026
In a work on paper, a flying saucer shoots neon-orange beams at a nuclear power plant.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026
Among the munitions were dozens of thick, green plastic discs about the diameter of a saucer.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2025
Another spacecraft will then snag the samples and send them to Earth, where they’ll fall to the same Utah desert where Hays watched the saucer drop last year.
From Salon ● Mar. 29, 2024
Miss Mortimer’s spoon slipped from her fingers and landed on the saucer with a clink.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
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"For some time we have been concerned by the recurring reports on flying saucers," a document in that file said.
From Barron's ● May 8, 2026
One of those boards dates back to 1970, and is decorated with drawings of ocean waves and flying saucers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2025
It includes appetizer and dinner plates, soup bowls, coffee cups and saucers.
From Salon ● Dec. 17, 2024
Other sources of water that should be regularly emptied include pet dishes, fountains, bird bath, plant pots and saucers, according to Santa Clara County.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2024
Meantime, Caroline had prepared an assortment of sixteen saucers, cups, and bowls, rationing out the cans of tuna fish to each container.
From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson
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Novel Study: Ten Days in a Mad-House, Chapters I–X
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