strangers

Example Sentences

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Picture Unai Emery loading up a chess app on his phone to play against strangers - under his own name.

From BBC • May 20, 2026

As Kidd looks around and watches strangers become friends over a sniff of musk or jasmine, he reflects on part of the magic of the Smellers Club and other fragrance communities.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

He had to get used to living in a big city again, where strangers pressed up against him on a crowded subway.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

They would render some parents legal strangers to the children they are already raising, potentially leaving those kids without recognized parents at all.

From Slate • May 13, 2026

I seem more confident already, just from having spent a night on my own with strangers.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar