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alien

adjective as in foreign

noun as in (offensive) foreign person

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But though England in the late 16th century is an utterly alien time and place, and it feels that way in some early scenes, Ms. Zhao grafts onto her setting an intrusive 21st-century sensibility.

“If you are an alien who is currently a beneficiary of TPS for Haiti, you should prepare to depart if you have no other lawful basis for remaining in the United States,” the department said.

Setting Gilligan’s apart from zombie or alien takeovers is that his hivemind is genuinely uninterested in harming those unaffected by the transformation.

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Participants studied several types of crystal-like aliens, each defined by six features that varied across categories.

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“For the record, illegal aliens in detention have access to phones to contact family members and attorneys,” she added.

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