odd
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It’s odd, the things that land with you.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
The billionaire President offers an odd critique of companies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
"It's a very expensive, very odd addiction," Warning said with a laugh.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
The idea of opening a vaccination clinic inside a town centre shopping arcade seemed odd to some of the staff when it was first suggested.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
It had breath and claws, and it moved in an odd shambling walk, growling to itself while the spit trailed from its muzzle.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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
What might seem even odder is that the crowns and regalia travel to Westminster separately in their own carriage.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2023
Comment: This was one of the odder All-Star Games in history, held Aug. 9 after a roughly two-month strike was finally settled.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 6, 2023
They have earned more views, likes and comments than many other A.I. photos, according to a review by The New York Times, prompting a race to depict the 86-year-old in odder and odder situations.
From New York Times ● Apr. 8, 2023
What was happening now was like that, but odder, because the edges of things were losing their definition as well and becoming blurred.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
I don’t know your brother, but I do know — from letters to this column — that people do the oddest things.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026
She added in the same thread: “The oddest thing about the response to this essay is people who say it’s ‘personal’.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
"I definitely look back on it fondly. Do I get recognised? Yes I do in the oddest of places but they never ask me," she said.
From BBC ● Jan. 18, 2026
A recurring song, “Stranger” by Sweden’s Anna von Hausswolff, creates an ethereal, floating sensation like one of the oddest Lana Del Rey compositions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 15, 2026
The oddest things caused me to miss her.
From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd
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