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curious

[kyoor-ee-uhs] / ˈkyʊər i əs /




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The Curious Coffee Company in Haxby, near York, hosts a "Coffee Rave" on the first Thursday of every month, in partnership with mental health walking group Rant & Ramble.

From BBC • Mar. 5, 2026

Curious, she asked the person at the back of the queue what they were waiting for.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2026

John Knapp, 38, a software engineer whose car was snowed-in on an unplowed street for a week in Polish Hill, has an angry Curious George setting a parking chair on fire.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026

Curious onlookers filmed the scene on their smartphones, many still incredulous at the speed and magnitude of the day's events.

From Barron's • Jan. 4, 2026

She would later change the name, but at first she called it Raceteenth or Curious Observations by a Non-American Black on the Subject of Blackness in America.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie




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