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surreal

[suh-ree-uhl, -reel] / səˈri əl, -ˈril /
ADJECTIVE
dreamlike
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK


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In Cornwall, people gathered at locations including Bude and a stone circle on the moors, with one person describing the experience as "very strange" and "surreal".

From BBC Aug. 15, 2026

And I felt it was so nuts, so surreal.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

"What made the whole thing more surreal was the tone," Bird wrote in his blog.

From BBC Aug. 11, 2026

The company has followed previous Musk ventures in sharing ambitions that border on the surreal, including spacebound data centers and Mars-based manufacturing.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

But after the surreal encounter with the rose, for the first time the descent makes me feel safer.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins




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