strange
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That is, with a strange exception: The technology to allow the world to quintuple its coal consumption, such as burning coal in cars.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
We thought, that's strange maybe it's the wind.
From BBC • May 29, 2026
Distributed by American production company A24 -- behind multiple horror hits, including 2019's "Midsommar" -- "Backrooms" mines the unease generated among users of image board 4chan by a strange photo someone posted in 2019.
From Barron's • May 28, 2026
Their names often came from the places where they were discovered or from the strange minerals they contained.
From Science Daily • May 26, 2026
She’d wrenched Wolf away from Tall Tailless, and pushed him into a strange, airless Den, where he was bumped around so much that he’d been sick.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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