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alien

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




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The fortified vault in Kentucky is closed to the public, allowing imaginations to run wild with conspiracies and myths: that the gold is gone or fake, or the vault contains alien objects.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 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

Charlie snuggles up to Hilda while chomping on a piece of purple fruit that looks like an alien egg.

From "Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish" by Pablo Cartaya




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