strange
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It is strange to argue that an officer has used more or less force simply by announcing the force they’re about to inflict.
From Slate • Apr. 21, 2026
The latter is sung by “SNL” alum Ana Gasteyer, a standout as the unofficial moral enforcer of the town, who sees the strange interlopers as, well, troublemakers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026
"You unequivocally feel it more there than anywhere else. It does strange things to you, that arena."
From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026
But that’s not convincing either, and only partly because Carney, a former governor of the Bank of England, is a deeply strange choice as leader of the global democratic resistance.
From Salon • Apr. 19, 2026
Perhaps this was the reason he felt a strange, inexplicable kinship with the human.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
Vocabulary lists containing strange
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