strangers

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A year and a half out, it seems a million years away, and I dread the day we pass each other somewhere in the city we both still live in and pretend to be strangers.

From Salon • Jun. 1, 2026

What started as a question of what smells good has become something else — small moments of recognition between many people who, just hours earlier, had been total strangers.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

Speaking to a parliamentary committee last year she said: "We are still very reliant on the goodwill of strangers in buying our government bonds."

From BBC • May 18, 2026

In many cases, you and I and complete strangers daydream alike to the same songs.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

Although she and her daughter, Cynthia, exchange letters, the ocean between them has slowly turned them into strangers.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly