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alien

[eyl-yuhn, ey-lee-uhn] / ˈeɪl yən, ˈeɪ li ən /




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“Wow. When we lived in Kansas, my classmates thought poi was an alien creature.”

From Literature

In “Iron Lung” Fischbach plays a convict forced into a mission on an alien moon.

From The Wall Street Journal

“And here we have this insane ecosystem where they’re being slammed together in the shadow of a giant, dead alien.”

From The Wall Street Journal

He argued that modern life alienated human beings from their nature.

From The Wall Street Journal

An internal memo reviewed by Reuters showed ICE officers operating in the state were directed to avoid engaging with “agitators” and only target “aliens with a criminal history.”

From Los Angeles Times