strange
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A season-long team-up would be a basketball purist’s dream—even if it also seems about as strange as Magic Johnson slipping into Celtics green.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026
It saw similarly vague, inaccurate and strange AI-generated summaries on other TikTok videos of celebrities and artists, including Shakira and Olivia Rodrigo.
From BBC • May 8, 2026
But then, it felt strange to see Malala bookended by celebrations of the future of surveillance-drone innovation.
From Slate • May 8, 2026
And then right before we even knew there was a pandemic, for some strange reason, I got this little puppy.
From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026
It was so strange to hear her say these things when the truth was that a couple of weeks ago these children had never met us, and our parents were really in Amersfoort.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
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Vocabulary lists containing strange
Uncanny, Creepy, or Downright Scary: Words For Halloween
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"Growing Together" and "When I Grow Up"
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"Song: Go and catch a falling star" by John Donne
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