peculiar
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"Peculiar" and "very surreal" is how she sums up the last one.
From BBC • May 22, 2026
In 2016, actor Samuel L. Jackson became the first Black person to play a lead in a Burton film when he was cast as the shapeshifting Mr. Barron in "Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children."
From Salon • Sep. 15, 2024
The first book in the series, “Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children,” was adapted by Tim Burton into a 2016 film starring Eva Green.
From Seattle Times • May 1, 2024
Peculiar and invigorating, visual artist Ann Oren’s feature debut “Piaffe” defies easy description — its lead character grows a horse’s tail, for one thing.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 16, 2023
Seeing that Millard had the Tales of the Peculiar open in his lap, I said, “Doing some light reading?”
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 1–6
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