alien
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"When my mum used the word meningitis, I could see how worried she was. It was really concerning - it was all so alien to us."
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
On Sept. 10, federal authorities arrested Bhengura and charged him with voting as an alien in a federal election and making a false statement about being a U.S. citizen in order to register to vote.
From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026
But if you’re worried about AI’s risk to humanity—or, conversely, wish people had more faith in the benefits of AI—you won’t find comfort in marketing that treats food like an alien concept.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
The search for the source of the medbed conspiracy took me into the world of scammers and crystals and alien invasions and broken families and sci-fi movie sets and the Arizona desert.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
My dad is standing, hands on hips, looking at Mr. Larkin like he’s a space alien.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
One thing my dad understood that I think gets overlooked: “Star Trek” wasn’t going out into the galaxy to find aliens that looked different.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
As I walked out into the desert sunshine, I tried to reconcile the suffering I’d seen online with aliens performing metaphysical microsurgeries throughout my body.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
It was going out to find aliens that thought different.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
Mr. Obama clarified that there is no evidence of aliens, “unless there’s this enormous conspiracy.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
I didn’t want anyone to think the aliens had arrived.
From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith
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