peculiar
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Two of my siblings are getting married this year, which means I’ve been thinking more than usual about wedding registries — that peculiar exercise in imagining a future life.
From Salon • Apr. 21, 2026
Graham was accustomed to preaching in peculiar settings, including several trips he made behind the Iron Curtain at the height of the Cold War.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026
He jokes about the defamation suit, about the friends who stopped calling and the peculiar loneliness of being cancelled in the age of social media, where your worth is measured in real-time metrics.
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026
This dinosaur belonged to a peculiar group of bird like theropods called alvarezsaurs.
From Science Daily • Mar. 10, 2026
Pausing outside with one hand on the knob, I heard distinctly from within the peculiar huffing noise of Bunny’s snores.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 1–6
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