strange
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“The strange thing is I don’t identify with Scully in the same way I do with other characters that I played for much less time,” Anderson confesses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
"It seems strange to people of a certain generation, but once you make them aware that he's a rock legend, I think they get it."
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
But individual ticks are capable of carrying more than one disease simultaneously, and as their territories proliferate, healthcare professionals are warning Americans to pay attention to strange symptoms.
From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026
The mind keeps a strange little pantry of its own.
From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2026
Even Hord emerged from the shelter, and when he heard what they were saying he gave Torak a strange, wary stare.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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I even watched him go outside to help a stranger whose car had broken down in the middle of the road.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
When she’s youthful, Sophie catches the eye of a handsome, richly dressed stranger who gallantly escorts her away from two men harassing her on the street.
From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026
Liddle was no stranger to controversy and often split opinion.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
Those who habitually retreat to their phones might consider striking up a conversation with a stranger instead.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
But it got harder and harder to say, “No, ma’am” without looking at her, acting like she was a stranger, like it was really true that I didn’t have anything I wanted to talk about.
From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan
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So he took up the strangest hobby he could think of.
From Slate ● Aug. 3, 2026
Progressing after one deflected goal and two defeats would be the strangest kind of achievement in the history of the national team.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
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
In a surreal interview with independent journalist Jim Acosta, Ohio artist Alan Cottrill described the chaotic process behind one of the strangest pieces of political iconography to emerge from Trumpworld in years.
From Salon ● May 17, 2026
The strangest things I thought of, so ridiculous.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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