alien
Example Sentences
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“We are moving to targeted enforcement of aliens with a criminal history,” it read.
From Salon
Homan spoke as an internal memo reviewed by Reuters showed ICE officers operating in the state were directed on Wednesday to avoid engaging with “agitators” and only target “aliens with a criminal history.”
From Los Angeles Times
There are three tall rubber aliens, an enormous golden glove made from Legos, a row of sneaker laces in every color, and, in the corner, an entire drum set!
From Literature
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Homeland Security on Saturday said the man, originally from Angola, was an “illegal alien” who crossed the southern border in 2019.
Fanning’s ability to hop between a thorny Norwegian drama and a high-concept alien movie is exactly the kind of exciting malleability that audiences forced to wade through modern cinema’s sea of sameness deserve.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.