surreal
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On a recent visit, it was hard to decide what was more surreal: the carved statues of snails, chameleons and turtles that decorate the church’s exterior or the circuslike scene around it.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026
"It was my first ever surgery. Just the thought of being open on a table still feels so surreal and so unbelievable," she adds.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
The movie becomes increasingly surreal as Corvette, the Velvet Gang leader played by Keke Palmer, works to clean out the neon stores of an imperious designer played by Demi Moore.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026
To help bring his vision to life, Riley enlisted costume designer Shirley Kurata, the Oscar-nominated stylist behind the equally surreal "Everything Everywhere All at Once."
From Barron's • May 20, 2026
Stepping under the shower’s perfect warm spray was already surreal enough without having to hear the click-click-click-beep of Thurmond’s automatic timer to keep my wash time under three minutes.
From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken
Vocabulary lists containing surreal
Vocabulary from the Introduction to "Reality is Broken" by Jane McGonigal
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