surreal

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It felt surreal, and Jessica says she was slow to process the news.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

Meanwhile, attempts to plug the gaps have taken on a surreal quality.

From Salon • Mar. 28, 2026

Each step of this increasingly surreal tale dramatizes—that is, gives form to—an act of vanishing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

Kelly: Has it all been quite surreal because there's been so much understandable hype around it... you getting to the record... when you were going to break it and the fact that you have.

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026

But after the surreal encounter with the rose, for the first time the descent makes me feel safer.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins