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[od] / ɒd /




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Don't completely ban them, says Kieron - just serve snacks alongside healthier options, like berries or other fruit, replicate snack times at school and don't stress about the odd treat.

From BBC Jul. 21, 2026

But despite these odd and somewhat unfashionable choices, he cares deeply about the opinion of the average theatergoer.

From Salon Jul. 19, 2026

Priests used this odd object, divided into zones inscribed with the name of a god, as a teaching tool: In a sacrificed animal, departures from the liver’s usual features were viewed as messages from deities.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 18, 2026

“I have had the odd brush with cancer, so every day is a bonus these days,” he explained.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 15, 2026

I used to sleep in there the odd time I stayed over as a kid.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

Even odder is that many of the composers did not necessarily feel compelled to explore nationalist themes.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 2, 2026

All of this makes it seem odder that Google has become one of the biggest thorns in Nvidia’s side.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 24, 2026

Among one of the odder entries in Tuesday's document drop was a fake video showing an Epstein-like figure in a prison cell, which raised questions of how it had appeared in the department's official files.

From BBC Dec. 23, 2025

I’m just hoping, should “Wonka 2” be on the horizon, that things get a little odder next time.

From Seattle Times Dec. 13, 2023

She had an absolute distrust of authority and an insistence on complete privacy which seemed to make her, and my family, even odder.

From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride

One of the oddest and most affecting pieces in the choral repertory is coming to Cincinnati’s May Festival on Tuesday.

From The Wall Street Journal May 15, 2026

They were also there in my oddest hours — I once wore an argyle tie for an entire year in hopes of impressing a certain woman, and they never made me change.

From Los Angeles Times May 23, 2025

Of all the oddball companies that have come to define the current era of artificial intelligence hype, Elon Musk’s xAI stands out as perhaps the oddest.

From Slate May 16, 2025

Furthermore, in one of the oddest quirks of Westminster, the only elections that take place for a seat in the Lords happen when a hereditary peer retires or dies.

From BBC Jul. 17, 2024

On a normal Monday morning in New York, this would’ve been no big deal, but after two days of silence, a . mortal helicopter was the oddest thing I’d ever heard.

From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan




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