strangers

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A year and a half out, it seems a million years away, and I dread the day we pass each other somewhere in the city we both still live in and pretend to be strangers.

From Salon • Jun. 1, 2026

Children as young as five are at risk of being contacted by strangers and pressured into spending money on Roblox, campaigners have claimed in a complaint to US regulators.

From BBC • May 20, 2026

What started as a question of what smells good has become something else — small moments of recognition between many people who, just hours earlier, had been total strangers.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

In many cases, you and I and complete strangers daydream alike to the same songs.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

And then, they suddenly weren’t Anat’s hands—just two strangers, one on either side of her, playing their parts, watching a horse projected onto a wall.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny