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also eery
as in creepy
fearfully and mysteriously strange or fantastic
eerie noises would occasionally come from locked rooms in the castle
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Karen y Los Remedios became a captivating revelation in Latin indie with their 2023 nine-track debut album Silencio, a darkly poetic blend of eerie cumbia rhythms and subtle trip-hop influences.
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Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 10 Jan. 2025
Joe Rogan’s eerie prediction; Ana Kasparian piles on and blames Dems for wildfires
Amber Duke and Lynda Tran discuss the politics over the California wildfires.
—The Hill, 10 Jan. 2025
Eggers took inspiration from ancient vampire folklore, as well as occult imagery and ideas, to ensure his adaptation matched the eerie tone of the original film.
—Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
An eerie spectacle awaited Roy Claytor, the first rescuer aboard.
—Robert Klara, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Jan. 2025
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Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 10 Jan. 2025
Joe Rogan’s eerie prediction; Ana Kasparian piles on and blames Dems for wildfires
Amber Duke and Lynda Tran discuss the politics over the California wildfires.
—The Hill, 10 Jan. 2025
Eggers took inspiration from ancient vampire folklore, as well as occult imagery and ideas, to ensure his adaptation matched the eerie tone of the original film.
—Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
An eerie spectacle awaited Roy Claytor, the first rescuer aboard.
—Robert Klara, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Jan. 2025
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Mi-Mo Pixar’s logo, Luxo Jr., is an anthropomorphic desk lamp that is by turns cute and creepy.Chandra Steele, PCMAG, 10 Jan. 2025
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In a decade of TV witches; an alluring genie; a mother who communicates through a car radio; a flying nun; and creepy and kooky, mysterious and spooky families; there was really nothing all that unusual about a talking horse.Marc Berman, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
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So, not a Rangers record, but certainly one for the weird record books in this weird season.Arthur Staple, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
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Saloon and Honda 0 SUV retain a lot of what made the concepts so weird and different — and not necessarily in an off-putting way.Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 9 Jan. 2025
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Just watching this thing is a haunting reverie set to some of Trent Reznor and Atticus’s lush score.Christian Blauvelt, IndieWire, 25 Nov. 2024
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In an in-depth explanation of the movie's haunting, emotional ending, Larraín tells Entertainment Weekly that the note was all real, and that Jolie preserved her real singing voice until the time came to film the conclusion, and let her vocals loose for her final take on set.EW.com, EW.com, 12 Dec. 2024
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“Eerie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eerie. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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