strange
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Like Jones, Ms. Perry captures the sensory experience of death and the feeling of existing in a strange, panicked void.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
"In the initial weeks, I had this really strange pang of wanting to go back. Because it was something I understood," Gershkovich recalled.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
“I know that sounds strange, but acting is never just in your head, it’s in your feet, it’s in your knees, depending on the person that you are,” she explains.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026
She said: "Millions of people, all having completely different days, piling into the same conversation for a few hours - what a strange and lovely thing!"
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
What if somehow I’m wrong about this and it’s just a strange coincidence?
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
And the person next to you, a stranger, feels it too, at the exact same moment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
Parents who claim their toddler wandered off from nursery and was found by a stranger on a busy road say they have been left traumatised.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
That means we may never know with certainty whether the entire universe is infinite, finite, curved, or connected in some larger and stranger way.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026
My wife also pointed out that we had a deep emotional attachment to the house and did not want to see it sold to a stranger.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026
Anna May was probably no stranger to department store fashion parades, but I was surprised to see her here today of all days.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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
Raiola only landed in this spot after making the strangest bet in college football several months ago.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
Herzog’s adventurous spirit has led him to explore the furthest reaches of the globe, but also inward to map the strangest recesses of the heart.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
Among the many surprises uncovered by the James Webb Space Telescope, one of the strangest has been a large population of tiny, intensely red objects known as Little Red Dots.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026
“Yes, a crisp October morning. It was sunny out, and that’s the strangest thing. Because when you knocked on my door by mistake, you were soaked to the bone.”
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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