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So the earthlings now have to try and ignite Jupiter’s atmosphere to launch Earth back into space.
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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 19 July 2024
The connection between the body, mind and spirit is intense during full moons — especially since the moon controls the ocean's tides, and earthlings comprise over 60% water.
—Lisa Stardust, People.com, 14 Mar. 2025
Here’s the premise: Fears of the sun’s demise prompt the earthlings of the future to set aside their differences and launch our planet (using giant earth engines as thrusters) into the cosmos in search of a new solar system.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 19 July 2024
That’s because in the coming year Saturn will tilt in a way that, from the point of view of earthlings, creates a startling trick of eye and angle that makes the rings invisible.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2024
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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 19 July 2024
The connection between the body, mind and spirit is intense during full moons — especially since the moon controls the ocean's tides, and earthlings comprise over 60% water.
—Lisa Stardust, People.com, 14 Mar. 2025
Here’s the premise: Fears of the sun’s demise prompt the earthlings of the future to set aside their differences and launch our planet (using giant earth engines as thrusters) into the cosmos in search of a new solar system.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 19 July 2024
That’s because in the coming year Saturn will tilt in a way that, from the point of view of earthlings, creates a startling trick of eye and angle that makes the rings invisible.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2024
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“Earthling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/earthling. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.
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earthling
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earth·ling
ˈərth-liŋ 
: one who lives on the planet earth
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