strange
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I grew up in the South, where not going to church made you strange.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 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
“It always struck me as strange when people criticize the past with the eyes of the present,” Trejo said.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026
RFK Jr. and I will almost certainly have our strange voices for the rest of our lives.
From Slate • Apr. 18, 2026
It was a strange dinner party that evening, veering as it did from heartfelt thanksgiving to the nearest thing to a bitter argument our close-knit family had ever had.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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