stranger
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Henry, who has lived in Belfast for a year after leaving his home in Nigeria, remembers the night as "all of a sudden you're getting a hint that you're a stranger".
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
Cofnas, who grew up in New York, is no stranger to courting controversy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Linda Cardellini knew something was up when a random stranger would shout “Strawberry Breeze!” as she was crossing the street.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
A strange trip, but perhaps no stranger than living atop a pillar for 36 years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
It was Moose’s warning bark, the one he used when a stranger knocked on the door.
From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret
Martin, Tennessee, is a small, out-of-the-way town that is ultimately best explained to strangers by relaying its travel time from Memphis.
From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2026
The Dinner Table Club, where strangers eat together, also launched in New York City and expanded to L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
No livestream could have delivered that shiver, or the silence of hundreds of strangers falling still, then gasping, in the same instant.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
"Now I treat everyone with suspicion. I avoid places and public, I feel unsafe around strangers, particularly males, and I struggle with busy environments and public transport."
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
She avidly signs, “Ama says they met before the universe began. They were strangers at first, but then they became friends and decided to make the universe together.”
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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"Encounter"
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"One Crazy Summer" by Rita Williams-Garcia, List 1
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