weird
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Seems a little weird to say it, but Jason Bateman being one of them, nominated for a couple of shows.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
It’s super weird, very meta and utterly delightful.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
There are already a number of nonfiction projects about the case; weird killers always fascinate the public, as do attractive victims: The perky, blond Maddie and Kaylee were lifelong friends.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
Over the years, many weird and wonderfully shaped balloons have graced the skies - some of which have made regular appearances at balloon festivals in the UK and around the world.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
“What’s in it for me?” he whispered back, his arms wrapping around me in what was probably the most awkward and weird hug of my life as he kept up the bizarre charade.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
“Everything we do that’s perceived as absurd always starts from a real place of: ‘Something like this exists, and we’re going to expand upon it and go deeper and weirder with it.’
From Slate ● Jul. 12, 2026
So truly the line between Chris and Jacob is getting weirder.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2026
Before a 2023 writers strike that knocked late-night shows off the air for five months, the Covid-19 pandemic of 2020 was a longer, weirder disruption for Colbert and his staff.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026
Where we’re headed could be a lot weirder and more dangerous.
From Salon ● Dec. 31, 2025
He didn’t want to be the first to pull away, but was he making things weirder for her?
From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon
Swifties and their ideological opposites have both been Monday-morning quarterbacking last weekend’s shindig, accepting even the weirdest bad-faith gossip without question.
From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2026
But he may have had the weirdest background.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2026
Turkmenistan's odd architecture and reclusiveness has made it a magnet for content creators on social media, some of whom have dubbed it the "world's weirdest country".
From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026
The idea, Platner recalled telling his visitors, was “quite literally the weirdest thing I’ve ever heard.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 6, 2026
He’s wearing this army camouflage shirt, a brown cap, and the weirdest grin that could fit on a human face.
From "Shiloh" by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
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