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saucer

[saw-ser] / ˈsɔ sər /


NOUN
dish antenna
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The first song they made was “Tonka 2,” which sounds like a flying saucer beaming up an alien in sonic form.

From Los Angeles Times May 11, 2026

In a work on paper, a flying saucer shoots neon-orange beams at a nuclear power plant.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 3, 2026

Among the munitions were dozens of thick, green plastic discs about the diameter of a saucer.

From BBC Aug. 20, 2025

Another spacecraft will then snag the samples and send them to Earth, where they’ll fall to the same Utah desert where Hays watched the saucer drop last year.

From Salon Mar. 29, 2024

She is coming with us, and lies in the cage before her saucer of meat, and purrs.

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque

"For some time we have been concerned by the recurring reports on flying saucers," a document in that file said.

From Barron's May 8, 2026

Ask ChatGPT what SF will look like in 10 years and it generates an image of the city’s skyline with futuristic architecture and flying saucers next to the Golden Gate Bridge.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 10, 2025

What has been observed may look like flying saucers but they are actually lenticular clouds, also referred to by some as pancake or UFO clouds.

From BBC Jan. 17, 2025

The room was dimly lit, with an espresso machine and several small tables where men in suits sat with tiny cups and saucers before them.

From Salon Dec. 24, 2024

Next to me, Rachel’s eyes have become saucers.

From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina




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