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alien

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




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The curious light of gloaming makes the landscape alien to us as color bleeds slowly away.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Apers believe Bigfoot is just a primate unknown to science while Woo-Woos think Bigfoot is some sort of interdimensional traveller - an alien of sort.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

"Initially, I thought we must have sequenced some alien species. It's very rare for an active gene, which makes a protein, to not have a match."

From Science Daily • Mar. 26, 2026

An alien who is stopped in Mexico does not arrive in the United States.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026

Mystery Lady takes us behind the museum to some sort of vehicle that looks like an alien spaceship combined with an armored truck.

From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas




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