strange
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Several years ago, while examining observations collected by ZTF, Burdge noticed a particularly strange pattern.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2026
Weeks after the tournament ended, Haaland woke up from a two-hour nap on a yacht somewhere off the coast of Sicily to a strange realization.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
It does also mean there is a very strange feeling around this fixture and the whole season too.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
Much later, when Bartlett was creating his own animated series, he knew that the poetry of that moment, the strange cinematic magic of it, was something he wanted to tap into.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
But if it came from a kill-site, it was a strange one, for they heard no ravens.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
Tishman Speyer is no stranger to the famous 77-story office tower: the developer bought the lease at auction in 1997 and finished fully divesting from it in 2019.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
Volvo Cars, a Swedish carmaker owned by a Chinese company that has a factory and material sales in the U.S., is no stranger to straddling geopolitical divides.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
And the person next to you, a stranger, feels it too, at the exact same moment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
Tech executives are no stranger to a Princess Diaries–style makeover.
From Slate ● Oct. 3, 2026
“She’s a stranger to you? You didn’t know her before yesterday?”
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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
Times Food team weigh in on their Langer’s orders — and owner Norm Langer shares some of his customers’ strangest requests through the years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
Raiola only landed in this spot after making the strangest bet in college football several months ago.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
It was the strangest kind of farewell; more sadness than satisfaction, more 'thanks for the memories' than 'never darken our door again'.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
But the strangest part about seeing her in his dream was that she looked right back at him.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
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