strange
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People living thousands of miles apart have reported an extraordinarily strange experience after eating certain wild mushrooms.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2026
It is a strange sight, the decks criss-crossed by a bewilderingly complex array of pipes, valves and bright yellow steelwork.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
Due to its complex voting procedures, strange time zone, and remoteness, in normal years it can take a particularly long time to count all of Alaska’s ballots.
From Slate ● Oct. 23, 2026
The World Series is upon us, yet the strange national obsession is not about how Jacob Misiorowski or Junior Caminero might shine, but how many people might watch it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
Jeff always said some strange thing, then waited, and I would ask “what?” so he could say it again and make a thing about it.
From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott
My sweater sorcery ensures such an approaching person is no longer a stranger but a friend I’m about to make.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026
A competent man shouldn’t be presumed incompetent because a stranger on the internet received three bags of parsley.
From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2026
Cellphones had not yet been invented, but the coach offered the stranger a ride to his office, where he could call for assistance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
The basketball player, who was represented by Simon S. Mass of Altariss & TCS, is no stranger to investing in Miami real estate, having previously purchased property at Five Park, another development by Terra.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026
I forgot all about Hattie Lawton and the straight pins for a moment and stared dumbly at my aunt, wondering what in the world she would have to say about me to a stranger.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
For those still with us, here are 10 of the film’s strangest moments — by no means the only ones — along with a few clues from Fielder himself about how they came to be.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
While Holmes comes across as very evasive and very bad at hiding it, though, Mr. Evans proves strong competition for being the strangest person here.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
Still, this is probably the strangest rebrand we’ve seen so far, partly because there was no public impetus for such a visible change.
From Slate ● Oct. 3, 2026
Physicists at the University of Oxford have helped demonstrate that one of quantum physics' strangest phenomena, quantum entanglement, can persist even among some of the heaviest and shortest-lived particles ever produced.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
And the third was the strangest thing of all.
From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu
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