weird
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The future could be as weird as the present and when it comes to air quality, things are changing fast.
From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026
Neill’s penchant for the weird and abstract allowed him to use his unique features and distinct, gravelly voice to create characters who were as devilishly memorable as the beasts they went up against.
From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026
“I hate to speculate because boats, they can sink in a moment’s notice,” Smith said, noting that he had “all kinds of weird stuff” happen in his 35 years at sea.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
It used to be far easier to spot computer-generated visual creations - often used by fraudsters - because AI would make blunders, like adding an extra finger or something else that was obviously weird.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
I laugh and look up at him, and the way he searches my eyes, like he can see inside me, makes my stomach hitch in a weird way.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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Before a 2023 writers strike that knocked late-night shows off the air for five months, the Covid-19 pandemic of 2020 was a longer, weirder disruption for Colbert and his staff.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026
Where we’re headed could be a lot weirder and more dangerous.
From Salon ● Dec. 31, 2025
“The weirder, the sillier, the more authentic, the better.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 18, 2025
The more you look at it, the weirder and more marvelous it is.
From Slate ● Dec. 9, 2025
He didn’t seem to care when people looked at him funny, and he didn’t react the way Twig did, by doing something even weirder.
From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller
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Swifties and their ideological opposites have both been Monday-morning quarterbacking last weekend’s shindig, accepting even the weirdest bad-faith gossip without question.
From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2026
But he may have had the weirdest background.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2026
Turkmenistan's odd architecture and reclusiveness has made it a magnet for content creators on social media, some of whom have dubbed it the "world's weirdest country".
From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026
The idea, Platner recalled telling his visitors, was “quite literally the weirdest thing I’ve ever heard.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 6, 2026
“We’ll stay in Montreal a couple of days. Sell the car. Then take the bus to, I don’t know, Saskatchewan or something. We’ll go to the weirdest place we can find.”
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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