weird
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Plus, how to help your kids with a home down payment without it getting weird.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026
Katy Waldman went down the rabbit hole to excavate this weird chapter of internet history.
From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026
"It's definitely some weird cultural thing where mainstream movies are now mostly fantasy: fantasy, science fiction, horror, comic books, all different kinds of fantasy," Ethan, 69, explained.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
“I’m a weird guy — why do they want me there?” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
Would that be weird on a pretend date?
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
“So they have to get weirder and weirder.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
The monthslong rout in global government bonds is getting messier and weirder.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
“Everything we do that’s perceived as absurd always starts from a real place of: ‘Something like this exists, and we’re going to expand upon it and go deeper and weirder with it.’
From Slate ● Jul. 12, 2026
“Because I feel like I know everybody so well, and I’ve known them for such a long time that ... it’s weirder to act like it’s weird,” Scobell told People earlier this year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2026
Ever since Ellie had started hanging out with Ximena and Savanna, she’s been acting weirder and weirder!
From "Auggie & Me" by R. J. Palacio
“I love TV screens” has to be the weirdest Emmys opening ever.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
He said the weirdest conspiracy theory he’d heard in the wake of the shooting was that he’s a government plant.
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026
He did this by causing one of the weirdest and funniest political scandals of the modern era.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
What's the weirdest thing in your suitcase, boys?
From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2026
This was one of the weirdest coincidences ever.
From "Chasing Vermeer" by Blue Balliett
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