oddly

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It looks like an oddly shaped boat with an arm of floaties extending outward to one end of the rocky shore.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026

"Users complained about the model being oddly overfamiliar in conversation, which prompted an investigation into specific verbal tics," the company wrote in its blog post on Thursday.

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026

“The Palm House” is hard on perceived sellouts, such as Edmund’s commercially minded boss and an oddly two-faced TV producer who briefly enters Laura’s orbit.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Her writing, like her persona, thrives on noticing the oddly specific ways cultural saturation shows up.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026

The bowler was somewhat old-fashioned, but for an elderly Chinese man who persisted in wearing a changshan, the effect was oddly charming.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu