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In June, French fighter jets deployed to NATO's Baltic Air Policing mission also shot down a drone in Latvia, marking the first time the alliance's rapid-reaction force has downed a stray drone over the country.

From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026

A stray SpaceX rocket has crashed into the Moon, forming a crater near a famous lunar landmark and giving scientists a unique research opportunity that could help future missions.

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026

Utility company Consolidated Edison has detected stray voltage at the site weeks after the death, a possible cause for the horse’s sudden flight.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

Roughly once every 100,000 years, a star in a given galaxy may stray close enough to one of these black holes to be torn apart in a tidal disruption event.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 28, 2026

Leftovers to eat were surely better than nothing, but for a whole family to wait in line for scraps, like stray cats mewing at the kitchen door?

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood

Most kittens and cats brought to the shelter are strays, or so-called community cats without clear owners.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

When our conversation strays into this territory, he turns blunt.

From Salon ● May 15, 2026

“Intimate Audrey” occasionally strays close to elevating its subject to sainthood, mostly in material regarding her unselfish work for Unicef in Somalia and Ethiopia, which Mr. Ferrer believes broke both her heart and her health.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026

For casual listeners, there are other signs: Inconsistent drum patterns, bland lyrics, and a singer who never strays from the melody or lets rip on the final chorus.

From BBC ● Jan. 16, 2026

Understanding crosses my dad’s eyes, but a moment later, suspicion strays across it too.

From "Hurricane Child" by Kheryn Callender

Instead, it strayed off course and eventually reached its final resting place on the moon’s surface.

From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026

Inflation has strayed above the Fed target for more than five years.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026

And though she liked the show, she thought it strayed too far from the books.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026

Early on, England hit the fielders in the deep too often when Australia strayed from their straight lines.

From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026

He had neither strayed from his balcony nor opened a newspaper since Independence, but in spite of this fact, or maybe because of it, his opinions were always highly esteemed.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri

The move had some customers questioning if the app was straying too far from its original purpose.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026

But Venters said that the brand’s namesake designer is still dead-set on the company remaining a stalwart British brand-not straying too far from its cultural origin.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026

The Treasury market has been quiet lately, with 10-year debt barely straying from a yield of 4.3% in April.

From Barron's ● Apr. 27, 2026

The couple's approach taps into a bigger shift in UK tourism, straying away from standard accommodation and towards what industry observers describe as "experience-led travel", where the stay itself becomes the destination.

From BBC ● Apr. 14, 2026

His thoughts kept straying away to Admiral Drake.

From "Mr. Popper's Penguins" by Florence Atwater and Richard Atwater