weird
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Yet Mr. Nichols reminds us that Emerson and the Emersonians could be downright weird.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
I also found weird things like how many Atlantic hurricanes this year or if California will be hit by a magnitude 8 earthquake, which goes without saying but would be extremely bad.
From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2026
British politics has a long-cherished reputation for attracting the weird and wonderful.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
“Don’t be weird about this,” she says, “even though I know all of you will be.”
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
An explanation for all the weird stuff happening would have been nice, I guess.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
There is also a chicken character, but it doesn’t appear much more real than its animated counterpart—just weirder, like something that escaped from an underground lab at Perdue.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
Where we’re headed could be a lot weirder and more dangerous.
From Salon ● Dec. 31, 2025
The more you look at it, the weirder and more marvelous it is.
From Slate ● Dec. 9, 2025
They seem to like the weirder stuff on it rather than the ... let’s call it, the classic rock alternative stuff.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 24, 2025
It was weirder than three o’clock this after-noon.
From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier
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
Patel swiftly developed a talent for online provocation that would generate lots of clicks and comments, albeit from some of the saddest or weirdest people in the country.
From Salon ● Apr. 24, 2026
In one of the weirdest elections in California history, here’s how it might all play out.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026
This was the weirdest experience of his life.
From "Abel's Island" by William Steig
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