strange
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Ms. Day conveys Gelsomina’s strange existential awakening with a mix of narrative strategies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
“I wrote it originally when there was a kind of strange day set aside called ‘World Book Night.’
From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2026
But among the errors and strange behaviour, Hugging Face warned the AI agents made brilliant technical moves and were able to rapidly adapt to new scenarios in the days-long hack.
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
And yet . . . in a strange way, I was not home.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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
Wangchuk, 59, is no stranger to refusing food as a form of protest.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
How could he embrace this stranger as his twin?
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026
Or maybe I should stop a stranger on the street, so the fact that I’m asking how to send a letter won’t get back to Mom.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
Paul Celan performed one of the 20th century’s strangest acts of literary fidelity: He remained true to German by forcing it to answer for what had been done in its name.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
Quantum entanglement is one of the strangest features of the quantum world.
From Science Daily ● May 13, 2026
The strangest moment of the day came in the Mission League 100 girls’ final.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2026
Instead, Neville tries to communicate his subject’s belief that the best, strangest and funniest ideas come from the most unexpected places.
From Salon ● Apr. 19, 2026
The strangest thing had to be the streak of startling blue playing through the girl’s dirty blond hair.
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
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