alien
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But that happiness has been accompanied by hard moments and difficulties to adapt to a new life in a country that, at times, feels alien to him.
From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026
Then there’s the search for technosignatures, or signs of alien technology.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026
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
Nostalgia was what led Cypress Park food truck manager Fanor Sanchez, 32, to buy an alien head-shaped popcorn bucket.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026
His glad-handing, varsity chumminess was totally alien and therefore suspect; then, too, he studied the classics, which are certainly harmless enough but which still provoke the raised eyebrow in some circles.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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