strange
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“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
He’s bemused in retrospect by the strange spectacle of a “little white boy in short trousers” frolicking with a Black man old enough to be his father.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
They could see the ways girls were performing a strange kind of female role in order to please boys who are themselves performing a nasty version of masculinity.
From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026
Here are edited excerpts from those chats, which began rather mundane, turned increasingly strange, and ended up deadly.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026
The stillness of the warm May air struck me in a strange way.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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