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[uh-rij-uh-nl] / əˈrɪdʒ ə nl /




NOUN
person who is eccentric
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He began his turn as Bo, which lasted for more than 586 episodes, following the departure of original actor Peter Reckell, who would return to the show off and on in the following decades.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

Fellow Welsh creative Angharad Elen - who adapted the original novel with Hannah Daniel - said she was "particularly proud to see the series set and filmed on my home turf".

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

More than 2,500 ballots had been misplaced in the original count, but were found while doing the recount.

From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026

The original stakes Academy Group held were in Thompson’s Cleveland Avenue and CFI Partners, another investment firm with ties to the circle.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

Eliab Capron expanded the original “Singular Revelations” article into a longer pamphlet.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

Elements drawn from these poems have fed Wagner’s operas and Marvel movies, but the originals are brighter and at times unsettlingly alien.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

Axel Scheffler said AI pictures are "a breach of copyright" and lose their charm when compared to the hand-drawn originals.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

Blue Note Records released her breakthrough solo LP, 1993’s “Blue Light ‘Til Dawn,” a mix of originals and covers of work by blues pioneer Robert Johnson and folk singers Van Morrison and Joni Mitchell.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

“Don’t Say Good Luck” is predictable but undeniably sweet, aided by a star-making turn by Sandler, who’s already miles past her father in terms of quality Netflix originals.

From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026

The originals were to be designated the Alpha racetracks; the new, smaller racetracks, which would have thirty-six tanks arranged in a rectangle, with two ion sources each, were labeled Betas.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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