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[straynj] / streɪndʒ /




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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

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

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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