eerily
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Adam Goodman, an associate professor of history at the University of Illinois Chicago, said accounts of the U.S. government’s targeting of immigrants in the 1980s are eerily similar to current day.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 2026
That is eerily close to the roughly $1.75 trillion SpaceX IPO valuation.
From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026
However, it has been eerily quiet since the sudden appearance of a sinkhole and resultant closure of the road more than a week ago.
From BBC ● Jun. 7, 2026
During that time, usually busy places like offices, schools and stores went eerily quiet, creating a feeling of isolation and uncertainty.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 6, 2026
Almost as soon as we left the summit, the wind dropped, and within 500 feet the world was quite calm, eerily so, and the dense fog was nothing more than straggly, drifting shreds.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
