peculiar
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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
The Obama administration thought otherwise, and it contacted the one entity that could handle such a rescue: Phoenix Air, which Mr. Hazzard describes as “one of the most peculiar companies in America.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026
This dinosaur belonged to a peculiar group of bird like theropods called alvarezsaurs.
From Science Daily • Mar. 10, 2026
Early voting is underway in Texas, and some primary races are only getting more peculiar.
From Slate • Feb. 21, 2026
The strangeness of her daddy’s appearance and the late hour conspired to sink a peculiar anxiousness into Ophie’s bones.
From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 1–6
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