strange
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It might seem strange to look this deeply into the why of Matt Damon as Odysseus, since his casting didn’t agitate right-wing trolls.
From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2026
In an emergency video call with hundreds of cyber-security professionals, the firm described how the AI worked at superhuman speed but also made strange decisions and mistakes that no human hacker would have made.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
Things are so strange that even a routine announcement of the Fed chair’s usual postdecision press conference on Wednesday made news.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026
We understand that Catherine has her reasons, and in a strange way we want to see her carry out her mission.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026
It was strange to talk about Russell, about matters that came close to the heart.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
A spell has erased Peter Parker from the world’s memory — the price of undoing the public exposure of his identity — leaving him a stranger to his best friend, Ned, and to MJ.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
The Kumamoto prefecture is no stranger to earthquakes.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
Because I’m a stranger who people regularly turn to for financial help, my inbox typically overflows with general questions like the one above.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026
Then, on Sunday, the story got much stranger when the FDA announced that the sample provided by “Taylor Farms de Mexico,” which had initially tested positive, was actually a false positive.
From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2026
I didn’t want to disturb her, but I wanted to tell her about my half-dream, the invisible stranger wandering round the room in the night!
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
The result is one of the strangest custody battles to ever roil the aerospace and museum industries.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026
In a surreal interview with independent journalist Jim Acosta, Ohio artist Alan Cottrill described the chaotic process behind one of the strangest pieces of political iconography to emerge from Trumpworld in years.
From Salon ● May 17, 2026
Besides being the largest planet-forming disk ever identified, scientists say it may also be one of the strangest.
From Science Daily ● May 12, 2026
The strangest moment of the day came in the Mission League 100 girls’ final.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2026
The strangest things I thought of, so ridiculous.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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