strange
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A great book, a bad movie: Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel Klara and the Sun is strange and beautiful—but it might also be unfilmable.
From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2026
I was 8 when my mother began throwing parties attended by lots of strange, talented people.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
Microsoft’s earnings report on Wednesday will finally provide a key metric that Wall Street has sought for more than a decade — but the rest of the release could look a little strange.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026
When it comes to the impending UK government decision – which sources have told BBC News should come before Christmas – there is a strange mood at Rosebank.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
It was so strange, so embarrassing to hear my name connected with Jessica’s.
From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott
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The idea of letting children consume goodies prepared by a stranger might seem unthinkable now, but Chason Gordon argues that we’ve lost something by relying solely on store-bought candy.
From Slate ● Oct. 29, 2026
A stranger passes by, intruding momentarily on our conversation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026
"I remember getting a message from someone online, a complete stranger saying 'I love your work but I've used AI to make you look normal, thought you might want to see'," said Jono Lancaster.
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026
My sweater sorcery ensures such an approaching person is no longer a stranger but a friend I’m about to make.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026
Sometimes it felt like someone had taken my little sister away and brought a stranger to replace her.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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Between this film and last year’s wonderful “Pillion,” he’s proven himself a daring performer, willing to approach love from its strangest, most complicated and genuine sides.
From Salon ● Oct. 26, 2026
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
Physicists at the University of Oxford have helped demonstrate that one of quantum physics' strangest phenomena, quantum entanglement, can persist even among some of the heaviest and shortest-lived particles ever produced.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
She turned away from the computer and, looking straight at me, said the strangest thing.
From "Silent To The Bone" by E.L. Konigsburg
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