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To that, as to many of the negative responses, especially in our peculiarly sickly times, it is possible simply to respond, “Yes, isn’t that great?”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

There is something peculiarly exhilarating about taking up an activity you are not naturally good at.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2025

"You don't think he's in a special, peculiarly precarious position?" he continued.

From BBC ● Apr. 25, 2024

Arefi favored raspberry mazurkas and the Uncle Seth’s pink-frosted cookies that are peculiarly ubiquitous in Seattle cafes.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 5, 2023

This made Him seem not so much careless as peculiarly hostile.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson


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