mysterious
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The few times he appeared outside those safe spaces came off as safari expeditions in a mysterious city the 42-year-old lifelong Angeleno obviously didn’t know.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
Or is it simply about “trauma and the mysterious workings of the unconscious,” as New York Times critic Beatrice Loayza says?
From Salon • Jun. 8, 2026
From the friendly alien at the heart of E.T. to the mysterious visitors in Close Encounters of the Third Kind, some of his most celebrated films have explored humanity's fascination with life beyond Earth.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
His 2011 album, “Smoke Ring for My Halo,” brought him a wider audience, and at this point his music was slightly mysterious, his voice heavily treated with reverb.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026
Nuthatches, warblers, sparrows, and the occasional wood dove—perfectly acceptable birds all, to be sure, but where were the sage and mysterious owls?
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
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