stranger
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The family members blocked the stranger and made other changes to protect any email or social-media accounts that might have been compromised.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
She last appeared at the event in 2018, but outside of her career, she is no stranger to the area.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
But it’s a strange thing to tell regulators on your way to the public markets, and stranger still to tell shareholders.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026
Jake was no stranger to crime scenes — as a longtime television news reporter he said he witnessed plenty, but nothing could have prepared him for his parents’ home that night.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
As he continued his conversation with Handsome, it was clear that the stranger was content to graze nearby, listening.
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
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"Sadly, because of the way our lives have been lived in front of the public, we have no choice but to be subjected to incredible pressure and insensitivity from strangers."
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
The official chats, at least, are unfailingly polite, sweet to the point of treacly, because no one’s going to say how they really feel to a group of strangers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
A homeless man reversed the typical pattern by handing out wads of cash to strangers.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026
Over the coming months, I talked to half a dozen more strangers, and with each little bit of banter, the foggy air of anguish that had surrounded me slowly began to evaporate.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
But something about the whole exchange struck him as weird and fake, like in a soft-drink commercial, where people took one sip and were suddenly dancing and singing and hugging total strangers.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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