| 单词 | freakish |
| 例句 | Powers that defied explanation, mental talents so freakish, doctors and scientists reclassified our entire generation as Psi. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z It was bad luck, bad fortune, freakish to the point of being too scary to contemplate. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z A freakish, freestanding, 115-foot-high stalagmite-type rock that, according to the literature, sat in an otherwise completely flat farmer’s field not far from the Red Carpet. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z The two previous chapters were built around a pair of admittedly freakish questions: What do schoolteachers and sumo wrestlers have in common? and How is the Ku Klux Klan like a group of real-estate agents? Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z It looked scraggly and freakish, permanently stuck in its twisted, tortured position, and it made me think of how some adults tell you not to make weird faces because your features could freeze. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The words tumbling out of his mouth were kind of freakish. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z But I was nowhere even nearly prepared to face the freakish fact that there were two people in the world who had less talent for drawing than either Bambi or R. Howard Ridgefield. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z The shark would have looked powerful swimming in the ocean, but it seemed freakish hanging in a loop on the dock, bunched up in some places and stretched out in others. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z My own scientific curiosity eventually blossomed, but I knew enough to keep my freakish experiments to myself. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z He was killed in a freakish explosion while he was with the Army of Occupation in Japan. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z Yes, Jupiter and I being in this freakish friendship purgatory is more or less my fault. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z Indeed, it occurs so infrequently and involves such a relatively small number of species, considering the huge population of bacteria on the earth, that it has a freakish aspect. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It wasn’t so bad looking once you got used to its freakish size. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z I looked at the monster in the thick glass carboy, with its freakish eyes and multiple limbs. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Orr was an eccentric midget, a freakish, likable dwarf with a smutty mind and a thousand valuable skills that would keep him in a low income group all his life. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z In a windowless room draped in black and crimson, Matthias listened silently to the strange words coming out of the pale, freakish boy’s mouth. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Of the three, Grandma was by far the most freakish. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He looks freakish but less frightening than he did last year when his color was crimson and he seemed to be bleeding. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z But the other part of her felt so freakish—like Scott had just noticed she had three legs. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z The freakish me, my delivery, my timing, everything about me, off. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z The next day, Tuesday, was extremely hot, one of those freakish humid days that sometimes strike Indio late in October. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z The spotlight threw our pistoning shadows across the beach, ten feet tall and freakish. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z His freakish stillness has a kind of mesmerizing quality to it. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Do they really have no idea how freakish they look to the rest of us? Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Beauty may always be a little bit freakish, but the year I turned thirteen I was becoming freakier than ever. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “So this is our latest addition. Very nice. Ethan’s right for once—nothing freakish about you.” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z A few seconds later the helicopter was airborne, flitting past the West Shoulder of Everest like a freakish metal dragonfly. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Baby pictures of the infant Calliope show a variety of features on the freakish side. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z If Burton was ever going to direct a straightforward children’s movie, then Dumbo – the story of a freakish outsider – is clearly a more natural fit for him than, say, Cinderella. On the set of Dumbo with Tim Burton: ‘Like meeting up with your teenage boyfriend’ 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z His work has a wonderful economy and clarity, and also a strange combination of self-effacement and freakish control. The Guggenheim Shows First On Kawara Retrospective 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z Their outsize verbosity and precociousness is like a freakish clown-show version of the subdued mumbling of the teenagers on “Friday Night Lights.” Riff: How Football Players Got Trounced by ?Glee? 2011-06-03T12:00:00Z “You don’t see black men moving like him, a male figure identifying with feminine energy. Tupac and D’Angelo understood it — people think it’s freakish, but it’s just attractive in a new way.” Yves Tumor Redefines Rock Stardom, Body on the Line 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z The really freakish changes, though, were in details: slivers of bone embedded in wood, zippers implanted in corners; tufts of hair sprouting from joints. Review: Doris Salcedo’s Forceful Political Art in Guggenheim Retrospective 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z His art is at once a touching act of hero worship, a surreal historical document, and a freakish and deathly capturing of the elusive stuff of life and creativity. Mini artists' studios 2011-08-28T19:01:01Z The leotards and freakish headgear so essential to Lady Gaga’s stage persona are borrowed from a raft of comic book archetypes, who are customarily tricked out in breastplates, fishnets and dominatrix boots. When Comic Books and Catwalks Collide 2010-10-13T21:37:00Z Here in this freakish display, animals like this chimpanzee are just another attraction for bored tourists. 'Bestiaire': Meditation on captive animals both beautiful, repellent 2012-11-15T21:33:08Z Book Examiner Michelle Kerns has, she says, "embarked on a freakish One Woman Crusade against the book review cliché", and will be awarding monthly Reviewerspeak Awards to humiliate the worst offenders. Eyes down for the cliches: it's time to play Book Review Bingo 2010-03-17T12:15:00Z His film productions have been marred by freakish accidents. Werner Herzog’s Fever Dreams 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z Still, by turning her into something freakish, it diminishes her. Review: ‘Whelan/Watson: Other Stories’ Pairs Stars of Ballet 2015-07-12T04:00:00Z This hot showbiz shrub of yesteryear, which goes by the name of Audrey II, has found a new dance partner, a performer who can coax the tendril-stretching star quality out of a freakish botanical specimen. ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ Review: Jonathan Groff Feeds the Beast 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z After two hurried thefts of jewelry and other small objects within weeks of his burial, a freakish deluge washed a sea of sand, stone and boulders across the valley. Behold, King Tut, in All His Majesty and Mystery 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z But I suspect this is true of many omnivorous readers, except perhaps the tiny minority with freakish total recall, a trait that might prove oppressive to live with anyway. In Praise of Omnivorous Readers 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z Presiding with placid indifference over this freakish scene is the materfamilias, Paige, played by Kristine Nielsen, here giving what I can only call the Ultimate Extreme Kristine Nielsen Performance. Review: ‘Hir’ Sorts Through a Family in Transition 2015-11-08T05:00:00Z For a woman born in 1937, six feet was a freakish height. ‘Vanessa: The Life of Vanessa Redgrave,’ by Dan Callahan "Fear the Walking Dead" definitely has a theme of mysticism curling through it, adding a freakish edge to the show. ‘Fear the Walking Dead’ Season 2, Episode 9: Lessons to Be Learned 2016-08-28T04:00:00Z People think she is freakish but I don't – I love her. Caravaggio and me 2010-07-24T23:04:00Z Here in this freakish display animals like this chimpanzee are just another attraction for bored tourists. Movie Review: ‘Bestiaire’ Is on Trail of Objectivity in an Unnatural Home 2012-10-18T23:56:20Z “The very idea of conducting all these orchestras when I was 18, 19, early 20s, it was ridiculous but interesting in a freakish way,” he said. Prodigy Ages Into a Merely Young Conductor 2011-02-25T14:57:07Z Either way, his consistency is freakish, and it makes us twitchy. Future is now 2016-03-09T05:00:00Z At times, her steps seem purely autonomic, suggesting both extreme exhaustion and freakish resolve, as if Bell were willing herself upright. ‘Destroyer’ Review: A Very Good Nicole Kidman Plays a Very Bad Woman 2018-12-24T05:00:00Z The phrase describes a large vertical board kept out of sight by a dogged protagonist or freakish suspect who knows exactly what it says about them. HBO's QAnon series "Q: Into the Storm" is a bewildering attempt to decode a super-conspiracy 2021-03-21T04:00:00Z One woman watches a frog leap into a fire and it terrifies her; she’s convinced, as I would be, that it’s a freakish sign from the gods. Review: ‘The Love Object’ by Edna O’Brien 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z Often the effort to give everyone a chance to generate laughs translates into cheap stunts or freakish behavior. The Five-Year Engagement Feels That Long 2012-04-26T10:45:58Z But the hyperpolyglot, defined here as someone who knows at least six languages and possibly dozens, is a more enigmatic and freakish specimen, rather like a music prodigy or maths whiz. Mezzofanti's Gift: The Search for the World's Most Extraordinary Language Learners by Michael Erard – review 2013-07-28T08:00:00Z So I like fiction that makes me welcome, and I’m quickly exasperated by the freakish, the introverted and above all the compulsively obscure. Martin Amis Is Committed to the Pleasure Principle in Books 2020-10-22T04:00:00Z Mr. Miller is the high-strung one, brandishing a smile so tight it can turn freakish. ArtsBeat Blog: New York Fringe Festival Report: 'Dystopia Gardens' 2011-08-19T16:24:38Z A Lynchian box with a malevolent-looking baby's face embedded into the side, it mechanically grinds its freakish mouth open and shut when you give it a coin before swallowing it forever. You won't see this lot on Jonathan Ross's 100 Greatest Toys! 2010-12-11T00:06:00Z Setting your most freakish thought bubbles to melody takes a lot more courage than singing about heartache, loneliness or the plight of the American autoworker. Lady Gaga’s ‘Joanne’: Where the freaks have no game 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z Fundamentally, Vicaria and her neighbors are terrorized by a freakish Black man: what glimpses we catch of his bloated fingers and disfigured face transform him into a fearsome predator. ‘The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster’ Review: Death Transforms Her 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z Her freakish precocity recalls that of Taylor Swift, who was a strong enough songwriter to sign a record deal at fourteen. Billie Eilish and the Changing Face of Pop 2019-04-26T04:00:00Z I would dare to imagine that his love of music is probably almost as freakish as mine is. How Michael K. Williams brought Omar and Leonard to life: “We’re all just one big mess undern... 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z Victoria Pedretti and Dylan O’Brien play sweethearts from differing time periods who are brought together by a freakish storm and magical barometric pressure. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z Even stronger than the long reach of Hughes’s ubiquitous net of power, however, is the freakish power of his personality. Warren Beatty’s Self-Sparing Embodiment of Howard Hughes 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z And I'm sure he's thinking, what kind of a freakish apartment did I break into? Q&A: Raising a Blind Kitty 2010-12-23T08:00:00Z These are healthy young men and women, in their cardiac and respiratory prime, hired specifically for their freakish physical gifts. The Curious Case of the Fainting Models 2016-07-12T04:00:00Z He seems to be creating a body of work about freakish homemade microcultures — in a country whose rich literary patrimony lies at the basis of Western civilization. film: Yorgos Lanthimos?s ?Dogtooth,? a Family Parable 2010-06-24T22:17:00Z I’ve seen it, and to tell you the truth, for me it’s pretty freakish. Jacques Pépin named first recipient of the Julia Child Award 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z Sometimes the predicament is weather-related: The opening episode covered people who were exploring a cave in Australia when a freakish storm caused flash flooding. Critic’s Notebook: Nature Is a Threat in ‘Tornado Alley’ and ‘Will to Live’ 2014-04-25T19:03:32Z The usual red-carpet expectation demanding that women don colorful plumage and punishing high heels while men saunter by in relatively comfortable tuxedos was exposed as the freakish double standard that it is. Perspective | At the Golden Globes, a night of powerful symbolism. Now, for the substance. 2018-01-08T05:00:00Z Champion and delight in your silly freakish brethren. Russell Kane's ordered life 2010-10-23T23:05:00Z This is a world of pitiable deprivation, not a zoo of freakish Dickensian monsters. The classics revisited 2011-08-20T23:04:02Z Sensing that people will one day look back on this era as a freakish episode in cultural history, why not get a head start on viewing it that way? A Fearful Frenzy: The Art Market Now 2015-07-13T04:00:00Z Riverbody you will either find majestic or maddening, all swelling strings and freakish falsetto. New band of the day – The Revival Hour (No 1,403) 2012-11-26T17:04:38Z Last week, Mattel announced that it was adding petite, tall and curvy dolls to the iconic, anatomically freakish doll most of us grew up with. How princesses and dolls teach us to play small — even when we’re big girls 2016-01-31T05:00:00Z He does not expect the same commercial success that "Winter's Tale" achieved, which he described as "freakish." Novelist Helprin spins a good yarn in life and art 2012-10-03T19:06:52Z Our “two-body problem” was back with a vengeance, but now, instead of being endearingly geeky strivers joined at the hip, we were one of those freakish museum curios floating in a jar. Modern Love: Is the Husband Going to be the Problem? 2010-08-12T23:00:00Z I had thought that I was freakish for remaining depressed while on these drugs. Is everything you think you know about depression wrong? 2018-01-07T05:00:00Z Before Lou died in early December after a freakish accident that broke his neck, Ms. Oxford, 39, adhered to a certain rhythm to her mornings. Kelly Oxford Is Looking for Peace of Mind 2016-12-17T05:00:00Z This reader did not mourn Joshua’s freakish death, which arrives like something out of “A Clockwork Orange.” ‘The Book of Strange New Things,’ by Michel Faber 2014-10-28T04:00:00Z It helped me see there were a lot of other people that were freakish like me. Alanis Morissette: ‘I'd like to say sorry to my ex-boyfriends’ 2018-06-09T04:00:00Z It is hard to think of another clutch of films that capture in a more heartfelt way what it feels like to see yourself as a freakish outsider. On the set of Dumbo with Tim Burton: ‘Like meeting up with your teenage boyfriend’ 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z “You’ve got this freakish look, but he’s not scared of who he is. He’s wearing it with pride. Instantly I said, ‘This is it.’” The Sudden Rise of Lil Yachty 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z OK, so she doesn’t hit the developmental milestones that other babies do — those enormous babies, freakish in their roly-poly athleticism, that Lanier observes with wonder and envy at church or the pediatrician’s office. What Happens When Your Baby Isn’t Who You Expected? 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z Moby also appears in the video and serves as a freakish cult leader in pursuit of the brain. Miley Cyrus and Wayne Coyne create trippy video, get matching tattoos 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z And look, when I sat "unconventional," I don't mean that he's a little put off-putting, like he's freakish or anything. Casey Abrams thanks "American Idol" judges with "Your Song" 2011-03-31T14:32:00Z But the foreign adaptations of “Real Housewives” are even more freakish. ‘Real Housewives’ in Greece, Israel and Canada 2013-06-06T12:00:01Z “Buddy, this was a freakish episode,” my regular cardiologist told me. If this is my final tweet 2012-06-29T23:30:00Z The cicadas are genuinely beautiful in their freakish way. Perspective | Can retail therapy soothe a gardener unsettled by the crazy spring? 2017-05-23T04:00:00Z All in all, it’s a winning combination of freakish and sweet. How the Left Won the War for Gritty 2018-10-10T04:00:00Z Tonight's series opener sets the scene, as a gang of six youths on Asbos do their community service, until a freakish storm changes the lives of everyone. Formula 1 2010-07-10T05:45:00Z But “The Cove” is a less intricate, nuanced book than “Serena,” perhaps because it is tethered to a real and freakish historical occurrence. Books of The Times: ?The Cove,? a Novel by Ron Rash 2012-04-01T18:46:33Z The gal, after all, was "corrupted," according to the freakish cavalry. 'The Strain': Anti-vampire forces unite in 'For Services Rendered' 2014-08-25T04:00:00Z But there’s always something a little freakish and eye-popping about them. Summer art exhibition highlights around the nation 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z He loved music so much, he didn't care for whom he played, how much they paid him, or whether they considered him a "genius" or a freakish "savant." 'Song of the Shank' gives poetic voice to a unique American musician 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z And she has been eerily morphed for the book’s cover into a freakish hybrid of pretty woman and big, strong, hairy-armed man. Books of The Times: Tina Fey Is Greek and Also Teutonic, but She Isn?t a Troll 2011-04-03T21:52:49Z “One misstep and I’m dead,” Bronn says, refusing to battle such a “freakish big, freakish strong” opponent. 'Game of Thrones' recap: Who will fight for Tyrion's life? 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z It’s not the kind of city where you’d expect to find someone who once made a fortune off New York’s freakish glamour and lust for late-night fun. Peter Gatien, the Fallen King of Night Life 2011-09-21T21:47:19Z Shot primarily in Mexico, it makes Mexican culture look freakish and violent in a way one might have hoped this artist would have resisted. He Spoke Out During the AIDS Crisis. See Why His Art Still Matters. 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z The sequel to last summer's cheesy social media sensation sets its campy sights in New York City, where once again a freakish storm sends thousands of munching sharks airborne. 'Sharknado 2' stars Ian Ziering, Tara Reid don't want the camp to stop 2014-07-15T04:00:00Z This is, among other things, an exhibition about the gaze, the male scrutiny of the female form, and the consumer’s hungry visual consumption of novelty, entertainment and the freakish parade of human eccentricity. Toulouse-Lautrec: A master of branding, a lover of celebrity 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z His mother appears to be a lovely woman; she’s simply given birth to a freakish offspring. The Faith Behind Aubrey Beardsley’s Sexually Charged Art 2016-06-14T04:00:00Z It was so freakish to be having a child at my age, that as I grew bigger, my friends gathered around me to marvel. We’ve been children together, my daughter and me 2017-02-18T05:00:00Z She worked from a Southern Gothic understanding of the freakish and exaggerated. Reading group: strange bodies in Flannery O'Connor's Wise Blood 2012-12-19T11:36:00Z Watching the returns of the 2020 election with the colleagues she by then felt to be freakish aliens suggests “a ‘Star Wars’ cantina scene as produced by One America News network.” Stephanie Grisham, the Latest White House Memoirist, Offers Apologies and Payback 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z There’s a sense often shared by people who didn’t grow up in Manhattan that those of us who did have pulled off an incredible, freakish feat. Escape from Childhood 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z But the English relationship with whimsy is sometimes naïve, sometimes weird, queer, freakish. In Praise of Whimsical English Design 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z There was the drama teacher who endured and even encouraged my freakish experimental performances and thinly veiled cries of rage, expressed through ham-handed “lyric” personal poem-monologues. On LGBTQ allies and angels, and Stonewall at 50 2019-05-27T04:00:00Z But rumors that the diamond brought bad luck to whoever touched it were fueled as the ship carrying it back to London was battered by freakish storms and its passengers stricken with cholera. Troubled Jewel in the Crown 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z By the Great Depression “a new type of freakish circus sideshow emerged — ‘the dark carnival’ featuring clowns as evil, morally perverted figures who were untrustworthy and devious.” Did Stephen King just kill the horror clown? 2017-09-04T04:00:00Z One senses just a bit of double-dealing in this larger confessional: Look at these things that were once considered freakish, and now enjoy the freak show. Review | The Met looks at the body, stripped of its old ‘whiteness’ 2018-03-21T04:00:00Z But Bond is all about taking the good with the bad—the beautiful women and the freakish villains, the nimble quip with the boorish bit of sexism—with a sense of humor. Sam Smith’s Song Breaks the Bond Rules 2015-09-30T04:00:00Z But Dix, who was born in 1891, 15 years after Sander, and saw action in World War I, tended toward something less generous and more freakish. Art Review | Otto Dix: At Neue Galerie, a Retrospective of a Deeply German Artist 2010-03-11T23:25:00Z In West Africa blacksmiths have always been feared as magicians because of their freakish, godly ability to smelt iron from ore, and turn solid to liquid and liquid to solid again. An Art Critic in Africa: In Mali, Finding Art as Authentic as Life Itself 2012-04-16T18:59:43Z One director, Lee Hardcastle, won an online competition to be included; his “T Is for Toilet” is a freakish stop-motion film about a killer commode. ‘The ABCs of Death’ Offers 26 Ways to Expire 2013-01-25T23:25:08Z For environmentally savvy gardeners, there is another problem — in distinguishing between freakish weather and climate change. How gardeners can combat climate change 2017-04-18T04:00:00Z It's not even as if this is a freakish aberration for the actor. Hollywood's refusal to stand up to Alec Baldwin's gay slurs is shameful 2013-06-28T21:32:04Z In lieu of any basketball skill, the Tune Squad uses explosives, deception, unchecked sex appeal, and the five-time NBA MVP to even the odds with the freakish beasts. Space Jam at 20: 'The perfect movie' or one of modern cinema's biggest follies? 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z By that point, we had long stopped being surprised at the freakish number of coincidences. Words With (I Wish We Were More Than) Friends 2016-07-29T04:00:00Z Known primarily secondhand from sensationalizing ancient texts, the African continent was often depicted in the Renaissance as a place of freakish beasts and bestial, violence-prone, naturally subject peoples. Art Review: ‘African Presence in Renaissance Europe,’ at Walters Museum 2012-11-08T20:30:57Z From droughts to freakish gene editing, the tales in Boyle’s collection imagine a near future where civilization is headed toward chaos. New in Paperback: ‘To Siri With Love,’ ‘The Relive Box’ 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z What happened inside that little hut, now mysteriously charred, where Walker lay on the floor dying and Maes, long physically incapacitated by a freakish accident, held their cat in her arms and cried and cried? Revisiting a Utopian City With Fondness and Fury 2021-07-20T04:00:00Z Even the detours into dialogue feel more like a reflex than irrepressible comic passion, and the freakish articulacy showcased in Good Morning Vietnam has gone. Robin Williams: 'I was shameful, did stuff that caused disgust ? that's hard to recover from' 2010-09-20T07:00:00Z Some of his men and women become freakish performance artiststo escape their circumstances. Harry Crews’s ‘A Childhood’ Vividly Evokes a Depression-Era America 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z It's the portrait of a guy whose courage was practically freakish. 'Kill the Irishman': Ray Stevenson gives us a gangster to root for 2011-04-08T21:43:05Z Female comics today like Kathy Griffin and Sarah Silverman are not as self-deprecating as Ms. Rivers and other female pioneers who were considered freakish just for daring to do stand-up. Joan Rivers Could Never Stop Working 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z Later in the story, Deen confronts a freakish hailstorm and fierce “gusts of winds” in Venice. When Climate Change Is Stranger Than Fiction 2019-09-07T04:00:00Z If so, the freakish corner of the comic-book universe where Sony seems increasingly to be pitching itself does not seem such a bad place after all. With its new 'Spidey-verse', can Sony triumph as the anti-Marvel? 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z A streak of the freakish and macabre runs though this double bill of short works. Fruitful Ties and Bone Dust – Edinburgh festival review 2012-08-21T17:00:02Z I left her office feeling freakish and utterly ashamed. Sex Hurts. Help! 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z The power cuts out, a mysterious cloud lurks on the horizon, and freakish storms drop detritus from the sky. ‘Nope’ Review: Hell Yes 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z And surely you needed more than golf balls for biceps—which, along with freakish, flagpole legs, were the sum of my physique. How I Learned to Dive 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z A title informs us that we are in “the new dark ages,” and it does feel as if the world is enduring medieval times all over again, albeit with lab-created beings and freakish mutations. Five Science Fiction Movies to Stream Now 2023-02-17T05:00:00Z Philips explains his freakish stage persona as an extension of some of his real-life quirks. If you enjoyed those Peter Kay one-liners, they were probably written by Emo Philips 2010-07-09T23:14:00Z Most of his dances look like a brew of gimmickry and stunts, and the idea of humanity that emerges from his work inclines toward the freakish. Dance Review: Australian Ballet at the Koch Theater 2012-06-13T22:18:36Z There’s still the clowns, the jugglers, the almost freakish things. Kevin Costner Revisits the American West, Now by Helicopter 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z Too much of a joke and too freakish. "What We Do in the Shadows" star and writer on the finale's big reveal, kid vampires and what's next 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z But as nature becomes habitually freakish, the future depends on how we interpret its marvels. A sea of red that evokes thoughts of more than just algae 2012-11-30T13:20:02Z "It's not that unusual to have a couple of novels published in the same ball park, but it's slightly freakish scheduling that they're so close together," he said. New Frey novel on second coming vies with British novel on same theme 2011-03-17T16:53:13Z It remained vague, however, whether this was a collective name for the artists who had brought this work to freakish, twitching life, or whether this was an abstract affirmation of the cosmic power of art. Review: ‘Die Monosau’ Revives Chaotic Energy in Berlin 2023-02-20T05:00:00Z Its dancers are as impressive as his aerobic, acrobatic, freakish view of humanity allows: stronger on wow effects than on rigor or finesse. Dance Review: Random Dance Company Presents ‘Atomos,’ a Premiere 2014-03-19T21:47:05Z Improbable, not to say freakish, was the way certain European vanguard art looked to many Americans. Two Exhibitions Re-examine the 1913 Armory Show 2012-10-28T04:27:18Z He became fascinated with creepy tales, unusual objects, and freakish animals and people. Curious cartoonist Robert Ripley inspired a century of oddities 2018-12-18T05:00:00Z You sense this in his sculptures, made from rice-sack hemp hand-twisted into cords wrapped around armatures, of freakish animals, crucifixions and sardonic riffs on traditional African masks — or rather on Picasso’s riffs on such masks. An Art Critic In Africa: Salif Diabagat? and Other Artists Struggle in Africa 2012-04-15T04:10:00Z “Family Life,” Mr. Sharma’s semiautobiographical second novel, tracks the Mishra family, who migrate to Queens from Delhi in the 1970s, but whose life slowly unravels when one son suffers a freakish accident. 'Family Life,' by Akhil Sharma, Wins Folio Prize 2015-03-24T04:00:00Z There are too many moments when Fleck’s mental illness is treated as a spectacle, where his quirkiness or idiosyncrasies are played for laughs or used to make him some freakish and otherworldly. Joker gets unearned GG nominations 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z Yet glaciologists who study Antarctica are warning of a red flag that few predicted, a development so freakish that if not for climate change, experts believe it would not happen except every few million years. This year is so hot, Antarctica is missing sea ice equivalent in size to Argentina 2023-07-31T04:00:00Z They say the crisis was born of a freakish coincidence: An aging ship carrying a volatile cargo in the sovereign waters of a nation rendered helpless by war. The race to defuse an oil ‘time bomb’ disaster threatening the Red Sea 2023-07-29T04:00:00Z It ultimately took something freakish to end the Crawley pyrotechnics, a ball from Cameron Green that kept low and was chopped on. 'Argumentative' Crawley vindicates England faith 2023-07-20T04:00:00Z “And he has almost freakish athleticism. All that together makes you feel very comfortable with the pick. And since we’ve had him, he’s answered all the calls.” Mariners catching prospect Harry Ford’s education never ends 2023-07-05T04:00:00Z Watch as England's Harry Brook is bowled by Australia's Nathan Lyon for 32 after a "freakish dismissal" on day one of the first Ashes Test. Watch Brook's 'freakish' dismissal 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z Defeat by Bradford in their penultimate game meant, once again, the Cobblers would have to sweat on the final day, but there was to be no freakish last-gasp drama to deny them this time. Northampton seal promotion with win over Tranmere 2023-05-08T04:00:00Z Executives at streaming services seemed to exhibit what one senior William Morris Endeavor agent called a “frightening, freakish sense of calm,” perhaps because they were betting that any strike would be short. Hollywood, Both Frantic and Calm, Braces for Writers’ Strike 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z But Florida’s Anthony Richardson is a freakish prospect who could be too enticing for Seahawks coach Pete Carroll to pass up. Sam Farmer's final 2023 NFL mock draft: Four QBs set to go in the first round 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z Lord knows what compulsion possessed Newton D. Baird and Robert Greenwood of Talisman Press, in El Dorado County’s Georgetown, Calif., to create this freakish compendium in 1971. There is no 'Ultimate L.A. Bookshelf': a critic's requiem for all the forgotten books 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z It climbs steeply just off the shore at Nazare and, when the conditions align, it funnels a mass of water up into freakish moving mountains. 'The horizon turned black'- riding the world's biggest wave 2023-03-27T04:00:00Z “A guy like Tony, to have something like this happen, to be up to this point costly, it’s very freakish.” Why one wrong step (literally) is delaying Tony Gonsolin's pursuit of 'unfinished business' 2023-03-18T04:00:00Z "Constitution Hill is doing freakish things, but he's only had five runs in his life and you have to remember it is very early days in his career," he said. Constitution Hill tops bill as Cheltenham arrives 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z Liverpool's opening goal after a quiet opening 36 minutes carried a freakish quality. 'Real Everton show up at Anfield - and highlight off-field failings' 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z That speaks to the ruthless, almost freakish, efficiency of what they did with ball in hand. 'Forget bogeyman Gatland. This is Scotland's time' 2023-02-10T05:00:00Z From Richie Gray, making his first Six Nations start in six years, to Matt Fagerson, who ended the game with a freakish tackle count of 27. Scotland's bits and pieces add up to a sensation 2023-02-05T05:00:00Z The portraits were, to my mind, ugly and strange, but there was no denying a certain amount of freakish accuracy. AI’s Best Trick Yet Is Showering Us With Attention 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z A freakish accident may explain the cause of the cardiac arrest that sent Damar Hamlin of the Buffalo Bills to the ground during a football game on Monday night, five cardiac experts said. Damar Hamlin’s Cardiac Arrest: What We Know and Don’t Know 2023-01-03T05:00:00Z Dr. Pasachoff studied weather almanacs to find the site least likely to be obscured by a freakish storm or morning mist. Jay Pasachoff, Who Pursued Eclipses Across the Globe, Dies at 79 2022-11-20T05:00:00Z Off and running on an early possession, sprinting past players nearly a foot shorter, was a 6-foot-10 blur of freakish athleticism. UCLA star newcomers add to the Bruins’ most athletic team in recent memory 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z Clarke suffered a desperate - near freakish - buffeting on the injury and suspension front ahead of this stalemate, one of the more stressful and joyous and significant draws the national team has recorded in an age. Resolute & relentless Scotland deliver national feelgood again 2022-09-27T04:00:00Z After a scorching Labor Day weekend that fueled deadly wildfires and freakish desert downpours, temperatures soared even higher on Tuesday. California narrowly averts electricity crisis as it sets records for energy use amid scorching heat. 2022-09-06T04:00:00Z Much was expected this season of the Thibodeaux, a freakish athlete out of Oregon who was considered one of the top edge rushers in the draft. Giants top pick Thibodeaux injures knee in preseason game 2022-08-21T04:00:00Z The Arctic has been heating up four times faster than the global average, resulting in an accelerated melting of the Greenland ice sheet and freakish weather patterns. We won't be the first civilization to collapse — but we may well be the last 2022-08-16T04:00:00Z “The stuff he’s had has been kind of freakish,” Reich said. Solid start keeps Campbell’s comeback hopes on track in Indy 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z Rich Johnson, a spokesman for the Insurance Council of Texas, a nonprofit insurance industry association, said he had never heard of such a freakish cause for a wildfire. Chief: Bottle-magnified sunlight ignited Possum Kingdom fire 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z He also missed time with a freakish ankle injury, the result of stepping on the foot of Cowboys defender Jourdan Lewis after an incomplete pass. Barkley believes the potential is there for another big year 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z “It was crazy how freakish of an athlete he was at 15. He had that crazy athletic build. His body looked all — I don’t know how else to say it — crazy.” Once called 'Pooh Bear,' Derwin James Jr.'s Florida legacy began with famous father 2022-07-27T04:00:00Z With the Bulls, Mack would develop into a freakish force — one capable of lifting offensive linemen off the ground one-handed — and easily the greatest player in program history. How Khalil Mack's family helped him annihilate his 'soft' reputation 2022-07-26T04:00:00Z Finally, with the most freakish dismissal seen in recent times on day one of the third Test against New Zealand, it appeared Leach's fortune may be changing. The day Leach's luck finally turned? 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z The job — and the era’s harsh realities — acquaint her intimately with the countless, sometimes freakish ways a life can end. The 25 Most Significant New York City Novels From the Last 100 Years 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z I do want to say, there is a freakish, rubbernecking, tragedy-lover reason we all have for watching shows about real cults, but this is not that. Sloane Crosley on cults, exes, big data and ‘Cult Classic,’ her hilarious ‘sendup of wellness culture’ 2022-06-10T04:00:00Z Thinking that such a freakish creature will never survive, the traveler cuts off its feathers to correct nature’s error. Doctors Gave Her Antipsychotics. She Decided to Live With Her Voices. 2022-05-17T04:00:00Z “I was made to feel like a freakish monster for being tall and a person of color,” Cambage said. Liz Cambage Is Done ‘Living Someone Else’s Dream’ 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z “Sometimes it’s a little, maybe not easier, but refreshing in that when you’re picking earlier, you’re often trying to find a freak, something freakish, something wow,” Rams general manager Les Snead said. Cooper Kupp is best example of how Rams have hit it big in third round of NFL drafts 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z His freakish talent for the ancient game of golf was first displayed on television when he was 2 years old. Opinion | Tiger Woods’s Masters wasn’t perfect. But it was profound. 2022-04-12T04:00:00Z The penny press drew more revenue from street sales and advertising than subscriptions and political patronage, and often ignored politics for dramatic stories of crime, scandal, and freakish accidents. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z She said the water rose and drained quickly in the “freakish” flood event. Australia’s leader prepares to declare national emergency after some of the worst floods in history 2022-03-09T05:00:00Z They have also elevated to national prominence a freakish cast of characters. Opinion | ‘What are Republicans for?’ Just one thing. 2022-01-22T05:00:00Z In February, a freakish cold spell in Texas killed more than 200 people and left millions without power. Opinion | Climate change is a disaster, whether or not it caused Kentucky’s tornadoes 2021-12-13T05:00:00Z But a freakish confluence of other factors is pushing up prices as well. This Chemical Is in Short Supply, and the Whole World Feels It 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z The surging Buffalo Bills and the Ravens have dynamic quarterbacks with special traits — Josh Allen’s freakish arm strength, Jackson’s don’t-blink elusiveness. What We Learned From Week 6 in the N.F.L. 2021-10-17T04:00:00Z He has frequently called it “just a freakish play.” Prescott, Cowboys face Giants again year after ankle injury 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z Let’s start with Georgia, whose defensive stats are starting to get freakish. Starting 11: Alabama and Georgia vs. the world edition 2021-10-03T04:00:00Z Rookie Odafe Oweh, whom the Ravens drafted in the first round out of Penn State, had revealed his freakish athletic ability all night. How the Ravens and Lamar Jackson overcame their ‘Kryptonite’ 2021-09-20T04:00:00Z “When you watch his tape, he’s got freakish ability,” Saleh said. Jets surprisingly cut CB Bless Austin among several moves 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z Which is especially unfortunate, when you consider 247Sports recruiting analyst Blair Angulo called Roberts “a freakish defensive tackle who moves remarkably well for his size.” With four-star 2022 DT Ben Roberts’ becoming the latest UW de-commitment, the ‘wolves’ are winning 2021-08-17T04:00:00Z And too bad, really: This ridiculous, willfully off-putting character is played with such freakish poignancy by David Dastmalchian that you actually wish he’d come back. Unpacking all 'The Suicide Squad' spoilers we couldn't put in the review 2021-08-06T04:00:00Z A freakish storm of hail and snow littered the field before the game, testing the players’ footing and passing touch. Man City is a win away from European glory after dumping PSG in Champions League semis 2021-05-04T04:00:00Z Even disregard Friday night’s freakish 110-106 stumble to the Sacramento Kings. Column: LeBron James is back, along with Lakers' title hopes 2021-05-01T04:00:00Z Some of this season’s most notable injuries, like LeBron James’s high ankle sprain after Atlanta’s Solomon Hill crashed into him, appeared to be freakish. Injuries Are Raining on the N.B.A.’s Championship Parade 2021-04-14T04:00:00Z The established elites pretend that Trump was a freakish anomaly. Bandaging the corpse: Biden's big bailout can't pull America out of its death spiral 2021-03-15T04:00:00Z Last week Texas was struck by a freakish winter storm, one that left millions without electricity. America's power grid is broken. Here's how to fix it 2021-02-27T05:00:00Z The frozen wind turbines of Texas were “a freakish event,” former Texas governor and U.S. Column: The Texas crisis reminds us that 'natural' disasters are almost always manmade 2021-02-22T05:00:00Z Republican leaders, naturally, have tried to distance themselves from Greene, characterizing her views as a freakish anomaly that have nothing to do with the "conservative" movement. Marjorie Taylor-Greene's anti-Semitism is as American as apple pie (but Trump made it worse) 2021-02-15T05:00:00Z After three successive years of painful, freakish, even unfair, exits from the N.F.L. postseason, what the New Orleans Saints sought most in their wild-card playoff game on Sunday was nothing truly memorable at all. Here’s What Happened in Sunday’s N.F.L. Wild-Card Games 2021-01-10T05:00:00Z Game 71 should be a doozy: Crosby and the Penguins open the season Wednesday in Philadelphia to start the most freakish of NHL schedules — 56 games for each team, all against division foes. Close to Home: NHL’s East Division has unfriendly neighbors 2021-01-08T05:00:00Z A freakish college football season yielded an aristocratic playoff that looks as if it were derived from any old American autumn: Alabama, Clemson, Ohio State and Notre Dame. Alabama, Clemson, Ohio State and Notre Dame selected for College Football Playoff 2020-12-20T05:00:00Z Scientists have long predicted that human-induced global warming would generate more of these freakish extreme weather events. Opinion | A climate catastrophe is upon us. Biden can still make a difference. 2020-12-03T05:00:00Z The “Yoga With Adriene” community receives her services with a kind of expansive gratitude and positivity that is freakish in the context of social media. The Reigning Queen of Pandemic Yoga 2020-11-25T05:00:00Z It says the government, organisations and engineers typically plan to safeguard against a one-in-50-year event – not to protect buildings and systems against more freakish weather. Planners 'must prepare' for weather extremes - Met Office 2020-10-21T04:00:00Z Seriously, if somebody had told you the preposterous truth that one of the three had defaulted in a freakish U.S. Analysis | Novak Djokovic made a bizarre and uncomfortable exit from the U.S. Open. Of course he did. 2020-09-07T04:00:00Z Of course, silence changes the very nature of the Derby, known for a mix of the raucous and refined, the freakish and fashionable. Tiz the Law is a big favorite in a Derby unlike any other 2020-09-04T04:00:00Z However, if the increased chance of something freakish happening in October dissuaded the Dodgers from adding a starting pitcher, it was also a reason to do what the San Diego Padres did. Column: Dodgers again defer to process at trade deadline rather than acquire a starter 2020-08-31T04:00:00Z The August lightning strikes, however, were freakish and relatively rare. In this year's atypical California fire season, politicians find the blame game won't work 2020-08-31T04:00:00Z The latest rash of Northern California fires, hundreds of them, started mostly with a freakish lightning storm without rain two weeks ago. Stories of 2020: Five Lives Caught in a Year of Upheaval and Pain 2020-08-30T04:00:00Z Beautiful people in industrialized societies today are, to the Mews, freakish exceptions — the lucky few who miraculously managed to eat a hard diet and close their mouth as children. How Two British Orthodontists Became Celebrities to Incels 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z The episode added the freakish sort of contact injury inevitable in countless sports to the slew of soft-tissue injuries many teams feared as they embarked on the resumption of the 2019-20 season. N.B.A. Playoff Teams Feel the Pain of Bubble Injuries 2020-08-21T04:00:00Z The lowlier art of mimicry isn’t easy to master, but it’s a specialty skill, limited in range and considered something of a freakish endowment, rarer even than being double-jointed. Commentary: There's an art to impersonating Trump. Just ask J-L Cauvin and Sarah Cooper 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z Even in 2015-16, when Arsenal last finished above Spurs, it felt freakish. Why Tottenham are stagnating under José Mourinho, who has yet to evolve | Jonathan Wilson 2020-07-11T04:00:00Z Towards the end something freakish happened to stop Gary Lineker heading an equaliser. World Cup questions: Were England robbed by Argentina at Mexico 86? | Barney Ronay 2020-04-26T04:00:00Z It’s not a stretch to say that Gallimore was one of college football’s most freakish players last season. For Oklahoma's Neville Gallimore, myth becomes reality with NFL dream 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z In a freakish coincidence of timing, “Pandemic” premiered on Netflix in late January, just as the novel coronavirus was beginning its rampage. A Netflix series predicted a global pandemic. It was dismissed as 'a show about the flu' 2020-04-01T04:00:00Z It was freakish the way Jimmy Nelson blew out his pitching shoulder in 2017, diving back to first base when he thought better of trying to stretch a single into a double in Wrigley Field. Freak injury turned pitcher Jimmy Nelson into a Dodgers reclamation project 2020-03-06T05:00:00Z Green possesses freakish athleticism but has been plagued with inconsistency and suffered a back injury that forced him to miss the trip to Los Angeles. Heroics by UCLA's freshmen against Arizona State bodes well for team's future 2020-02-28T05:00:00Z There were many dunks and freakish moments by Williamson, each bemusing the Staples Center crowd. Hype for Pelicans' Zion reaches peak in LeBron clash 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z The bush fires have been freakish in their ferocity and quantity, and erratic in their behavior, with more likely to flare as the extreme heat and unending drought conspire against the Great Southern Land. ‘Toxic smoke, hailstones like machine-gun fire and almighty dust storms’: Summer in Australia’s capital 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z Late pregnancy stories shouldn’t be framed as freakish feats or guaranteed back-up plans. I’m happy for Chloë Sevigny, but the lesson is not that anyone can get pregnant at 45 | Hadley Freeman 2020-01-25T05:00:00Z But what Liverpool are doing this season is freakish. Roberto Firmino’s late winner keeps Liverpool’s freakish run going at Wolves 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z Coach Mike Hopkins said Battle is arguably the best shooter at Washington and his freakish athletic ability rivals Husky high-flyer Nahziah Carter. UW freshman RaeQuan Battle is showing what he can do on the court. The Huskies can thank his mom for that. 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z But the freakish death was entirely avoidable, according to experts and records reviewed by The Post. Building's owners where architect killed knew of facade issue for more than year: report 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z “Those are freakish things, I don’t think it’s necessarily running style per se, or anything of that nature,” Callahan said. Derrius Guice out against Eagles, possibly longer, with knee injury 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z By any reckoning, the spread of gin has been a freakish phenomenon. The Intoxicating History of Gin 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z Her confidence in national principles marked her as such a freakish exception that some speculated she might be the rogue, anti-Trump Trump official who wrote an anonymous op-ed in the New York Times. Opinion | If officials believe Trump is a danger to the country, they have a duty to say so 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z Halloween is so lucrative for the country that the Halloween and Costume Association is petitioning the government to extend the celebration to include an additional day of freakish fun on the weekend after 31 October. Hex in the city: which terrifying town celebrates Halloween hardest? 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z He's also developed a knockdown jumper from beyond the arc like Steph on some freakish trial growth serum: Noted basketball savant JaVale McGee fakes injury, slams home dunk on unsuspecting Warriors - Golf Digest 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z She recently was cleared to play after missing a few months with a freakish injury to her right ankle suffered in practice in late June. Sun game plan to get center Jones more involved vs Mystics 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z That showed off the freakish athleticism the Seahawks acquired in their blockbuster trade with Houston at the end of training camp. Instant analysis: Impressions from the Seahawks’ road win vs. the Arizona Cardinals 2019-09-29T04:00:00Z The Browns experienced a freakish frenzy of three hamstring injuries in a 10-minute span of practice Friday, with starting cornerbacks Denzel Ward and rookie Greedy Williams both going down and missing Sunday’s game. Browns’ Kitchens won’t give up play calling after ‘bad’ loss 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z The young Louis, felt "freakish" and had few friends. Louis Theroux: 'I needed to give more of myself' 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z Nor is it using the freakish example of the Premier League, of elite men’s soccer, to declare what a successful sport looks like. The Women’s Super League Thanks You for Attending. Please Come Again. 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z Metcalf, who flashed his potential with four catches for 89 yards — a “freak” in the words of running back Chris Carson, “who is going to make freakish plays like that all the time.” As ugly as it was, the Seahawks find starting the season 1-0 to be a beautiful sight 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z Instead, a freakish gain in distance between his freshman and sophomore year wound up leading him down a different career path. How did Kyle Berkshire become the world's longest driver (by far)? Even he's not sure - Golf Digest 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z Sure enough it was Lyon who achieved Australia’s first breakthrough of the day, albeit in slightly freakish fashion. Ben Stokes inspires England to sensational third Test win over Australia 2019-08-25T04:00:00Z Farmers are accustomed to forces beyond their control — freakish storms, droughts, tariffs, recessions, consumer habits. Opinion | The Peaches Are Sweet, but Growing Them Isn’t 2019-08-24T04:00:00Z A freakish play that saw goalkeeper David Bingham head a ball into an onrushing defender cost the Galaxy a win over Seattle last Saturday. Soccer! An embarrassment of MLS riches in L.A. 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z Yes, he was a freakish athlete and triple-double threat every night. Oklahoma City Thunder’s rebuild will take some time 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z With those, “there’s no dose with observable organ damage or neurotoxicity. That’s pretty freakish,” said Matthew Johnson, an associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Johns Hopkins University who studies psychedelics. The Psychedelics Evangelist: A German Financier Wants to Turn Magic Mushrooms Into Modern Medicine 2019-07-09T04:00:00Z And the first two Brazil goals were each freakish in their way. Ricardo Gareca bids to join rare group by leading Peru to Copa América title | Jonathan Wilson 2019-07-06T04:00:00Z “But because a majority is not willing to do that, it would be freakish to single out the provision at issue here for special treatment.” Supreme Court upholds sex offender rules, but separation of powers battle to continue 2019-06-20T04:00:00Z Yet, two horses at the park suffered life-ending shoulder injuries in the last few weeks, making them seem less freakish. Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials 2019-06-12T04:00:00Z Monday was the 20th, so it seems unlikely that anyone would quibble about whether the was any sort of freakish event. Break out the popsicles: Washington hits 90 degrees for first time in 2019 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z What can't be argued is that both Snead and Woods won PGA Tour titles at prodigious rates while displaying freakish longevity. Use the ‘Sam Snead criteria’ for wins, Tiger Woods actually has 95 tour titles. We'll explain - Golf Digest 2019-05-09T04:00:00Z Thoroughbreds are freakish athletes with huge, muscular bodies atop thin, sinewy legs and a massive heart that pumps 10 gallons of blood through it all. California considers the unthinkable: Canceling horse racing at Santa Anita Park 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z Wearing these sensors, van den Berg can bring in chords and melodies with a sweep of her hand, or distort video of herself in freakish ways by lifting an arm. Electronic music has a performance problem, and this artist is trying to solve it 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z Following an outstanding spring, Santana displayed his freakish power to the opposite field. Mariners open 2019 season in Japan with strong offense and a win vs. A’s 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z Their grotesquely offensive comments weren’t some freakish mistake. Don't let its success fool you: Fox News is a mess 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z The sight of his left shoe tearing apart and Williamson grabbing his right knee unleashed feverish debate over whether Duke’s freakish freshman forward should ever again play for Mike Krzyzewski’s Blue Devils. Nick Bosa healthy again, following dad and brother into NFL 2019-03-02T05:00:00Z I’m enjoying this season, from James Harden’s scoring to Paul George’s ascension to MVP candidate to Giannis Antetokounmpo’s freakish influence on winning in Milwaukee. Perspective | It might sound strange, but this NBA season needs more LeBron James 2019-02-19T05:00:00Z The angle from the top of the key is my favorite, because it shows just how freakish this was: College basketball's win-or-bust expectations are painfully unfair (for me, a poor Duke fan) - Golf Digest 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z These images sought to portray black people as clowns and freakish beings, exaggerating features so as to suggest the “otherness” of black bodies. Blackface is a strange ghost that haunts America | Gabrielle Bellot 2019-02-09T05:00:00Z Last year, the Saints’ season ended on a freakish blunder, when safety Marcus Williams whiffed on a tackle and yielded a last-second, game-winning touchdown to the Minnesota Vikings in the divisional round. Rams beat Saints to advance to Super Bowl, after a big comeback and a controversial call 2019-01-20T05:00:00Z The L.A. artist twists our culture of abundance into a freakish dystopia. Awful aquariums, a dollhouse of horrors: One artist's disturbing worlds, in miniature 2018-12-18T05:00:00Z To do so would be to suggest that one particular victory was freakish or unusual. When should a football club retire a player's shirt number? 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z Rebecca Salter, co-owner of the holiday camp where the boy’s family were staying told the BBC the incident was a “freakish miracle” 'Freakish miracle': New Zealand fisherman pulls drowning toddler from ocean 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z “You see it on TV, you see it on ‘SportsCenter’ and you’re just like, ‘Wow,’ ” Lake said, “but when you see it in person, it’s kind of like you’re speechless. It was a freakish play.” UCLA's defense is having a blast creating turnovers - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z She relishes the sites of mobility—airports, cities, hotels, trains—and all the world’s exemptions, the things that got away: “the unique, the bizarre, the freakish.” “Flights,” a Novel That Never Settles Down 2018-09-24T04:00:00Z “I think it’s obviously known that he’s a freakish athlete,” Patriots receiver Phillip Dorsett said moments after the trade became official. New England Patriots land Josh Gordon from Cleveland Browns in surprise trade 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z Two research projects in California aim to understand the freakish wildfires that are getting bigger and less predictable. Monday briefing: Catastrophic fire at Brazil’s National Museum likened to burning of library of Alexandria 2018-09-02T04:00:00Z Does this freakish statistic speak to a flaw in team personality? Perspective | The Nationals’ lack of edge makes it easy to push them over one 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z The works display recurring tics of Trump-like language, comfort with cynicism, talent for tautology, weakness for flattery and freakish rhetorical and moral contortions. Review | I read six sycophantic pro-Trump books — and then I read Omarosa 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z This one-night spectacle, dubbed the Great American Mud Wrestle, was the freakish brainchild of Barker and model-casting director Walter Pearce, best known for his work with fashion label Hood By Air. Getting down and dirty at the Great American Mud Wrestle event 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z Anyone tempted to dismiss these cult-of-personality rallies as freakish sideshows should keep in mind one sobering fact: An astounding 89 percent of Republicans approve of Trump’s performance as president, according to Gallup. Opinion | Trump’s rally rhetoric is going to get somebody killed 2018-08-06T04:00:00Z Denialism is rooted in human tendencies that are neither freakish nor pathological. Denialism: what drives people to reject the truth 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z But now, with more data and better climate models at their disposal, some researchers are beginning to calculate the extent to which global warming is making freakish weather events more common and more intense. Opinion | The world is burning, and the Trump administration wants to make it worse 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z Its supply of heat to the surface and its idiosyncratic geochemistry are generating an abundance of beautiful and freakish wonders, from lava-launching whirlwinds to plumes of potentially lethal acidic haze. Photo Gallery: How Kilauea--and other Volcanoes--Produce Amazing and Frightful Weather 2018-07-27T04:00:00Z You’d like him to be that freakish and to show that. ‘Freakish’ Preston Smith enters contract year with plans to dominate consistently 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z From there, every inch takes you further from attractive and deeper into a realm of the freakish, toward human spectacle. What’s it like to be 6ft 8in tall? 2018-06-02T04:00:00Z Chamberlain was the freakish 7-footer with gaudy statistics and a reputation as a ladies’ man off the court. In a time of chaos, a breakout year for black athletes 2018-05-28T04:00:00Z There is a large community out there that is profoundly hurting and believes that society views them as nothing more than a freakish joke. The sadness of living without sex 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z In December, the temperature readings from the weather station at Utqiaġvik were so freakish that it triggered an automatic shutdown of the system to protect the data from “artificial” figures. What happened to winter? Vanishing ice convulses Alaskans' way of life 2018-04-21T04:00:00Z “The fact that this happened is a really, really freakish condition,” said Mark Millam, a vice president at the Flight Safety Foundation. As Engine Failed, F.A.A. Was Considering Rules That Might Have Made a Difference 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z He told them how Griffin’s accuracy in passing drills was ‘freakish.’ Robert Griffin III doesn’t have to be the hero to win 2018-04-15T04:00:00Z But short of such freakish occurrences, what can really be done to save mom-and-pop shops threatened by exploding real estate markets? In the path of gentrification, a Seattle coffeehouse finds a way to grind it out 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z Ronaldo’s numbers are freakish and needed to be updated – and further gawped at – after three minutes. Cristiano Ronaldo’s stunning overhead kick helps Real Madrid floor Juventus 2018-04-03T04:00:00Z What this Final Four lacks in freakish individual talent it makes up for with mature, selfless play. Perspective | In this year’s Final Four, the one-and-done is done. The timing is ideal. 2018-03-27T04:00:00Z The driver of a tractor-trailer was killed in a freakish and frightening accident in Howard County, Md., on Saturday when he was pinned by his own vehicle, authorities said. Tractor-trailer driver dies in freakish accident in Maryland 2018-03-17T04:00:00Z It was a freakish moment that remains hard to believe. High jumper P.J. Tshiaba reaches new heights at Dorsey High 2018-02-28T05:00:00Z To many young people in the South, the North looks like a freakish, unrecognisable dystopia. Has North Korea’s week at the Winter Olympics diminished the nuclear threat? 2018-02-14T05:00:00Z The rich genetic detail gave the scientists a much clearer look at the freakish origins of the marbled crayfish. This Mutant Crayfish Clones Itself, and It’s Taking Over Europe 2018-02-05T05:00:00Z But in a world where freakish coincidences happen, there’s a ray of hope from Raena’s own home town. Father rushes to fund study into daughter’s disease 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z To them Trumpism is more than a freakish blight on the republic. Analysis | The Daily 202: 10 reasons Democrats think the tax bill will be a political loser for Trump’s GOP in the midterms 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z This month another freakish storm briefly turned Jakarta’s streets into rivers and brought the vast area of nearly 30 million residents to a virtual halt. Can Jakarta save itself from sinking in 10 years? 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z Last year, another Knightscope security robot was suspended from duty after a collision with a child at a mall in Palo Alto, Calif. The company called the incident a “freakish accident.” Crime-Fighting Robot Deployed Near San Francisco Homeless Encampment Fired 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z Trump’s obvious failings, his freakish nature and his abusive conduct were all brushed aside because he seemed to have a lock on his party. Roy Moore’s stunning defeat reveals the limit of Trump-style politics | Richard Wolffe 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z It’s something that’s common yet considered abnormal, natural for one gender and freakish for another. Female facial hair: if so many women have it, why are we so deeply ashamed? 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z “He’s just always been an overall freakish athlete,” Chancellor remembered. Seahawks happy to have ‘freakish athlete’ Duane Brown now anchoring left tackle 2017-11-01T04:00:00Z Paleontologists suspect this freakish beast, named kosmoceratops, was brightly colored to attract mates. Trump's push for coal mining will endanger dinosaur discoveries in Utah, scientists fear 2017-10-26T04:00:00Z Andrews is such a freakish athlete that he played defense at the end of the Texas game. Oklahoma TE Andrews giving defenses fits with size, speed 2017-10-16T04:00:00Z That’s a very big deal, because political parties tend to be a bit freakish about control, and real grassroots movements cherish their independence. A new shock doctrine: in a world of crisis, morality can still win | Naomi Klein 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z There were no lofty expectations despite obvious talent and freakish strength. Mariners catcher Mike Zunino feels ‘a night and day difference’ at the plate 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z But historically unusual weather is no longer freakish. Twin megastorms have scientists fearing this may be the new normal 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z Mike Zunino got the Mariners their first run of the game, providing another example of his freakish strength and raw power. Mike Leake pitches seven innings in Mariners debut, 3-2 win over Oakland 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z It is not as if this kind of situation was freakish. Another early season breakdown for Arsenal but no sign of any change | Amy Lawrence 2017-08-28T04:00:00Z Beyond her maverick genius, Susan has another precious asset: she can draw intimate confessions out of almost everyone she meets, possessing a freakish capacity for “empathetic opening”. Peter Hoeg’s new novel is a high-concept thriller 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z Mike Zunino tacked on two more runs in the fourth inning with a display his freakish strength. Erasmo Ramirez returns to Tampa and gives Mariners rare standout start to beat Rays 2017-08-18T04:00:00Z It was a freakish chain of events that meant Mertesacker, who had not started a game for 13 months, was in the frame for the club’s biggest match of the season. Per Mertesacker: ‘Some fans want a selfie but sometimes I want to say: Let’s just shake hands’ 2017-08-18T04:00:00Z There was no next Bradman and there is no next Bolt, whose combination of freakish physique, focused determination and PR genius has been matched only by Muhammad Ali. First lesson from world championships: there is no next Usain Bolt | Matthew Engel 2017-08-12T04:00:00Z “He has a freakish natural talent. He can do anything. Give him a basketball, he can dunk it in bare feet. Give him a baseball, he can throw it 90mph…” Dustin Johnson: can golf’s world No 1 stay out of the rough? 2017-07-09T04:00:00Z Mike Pence has discovered a freaky talent for such freakish sycophancy, and called it “the greatest privilege of my life” to assist “the president who’s keeping his word to the American people.” Opinion | The Mortification of Jeff Sessions 2017-06-13T04:00:00Z He uses his team to leak his landmark memos about all those freakish meetings with Trump, knowing they will lead to a special counsel. Comey's testimony showed: the impeachment machine is warming up | Richard Wolffe 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z But the terrifying and salivating power that Zunino exhibited to clear the bases with one violent lash was a sign of his freakish strength. Grandest day: Mariners’ Mike Zunino hits first grand slam, drives in 7 in win over Rays 2017-06-03T04:00:00Z Georgia that the "freakish," "arbitrary" and "capricious" way in which capital punishment was imposed violated the Eighth Amendment's "cruel and unusual punishment" clause. The Story of the Last U.S. Execution Before a Nationwide Moratorium Took Effect 50 Years Ago 2017-06-02T04:00:00Z But apparently, that freakish athletic talent doesn't translate to golf. Good lord, does Giannis Antetokounmpo (aka "The Greek Freak") have an AWFUL golf swing - Golf Digest 2017-04-30T04:00:00Z Neither player will win MVP in 2017, a season ruled by the freakish statistics of Oklahoma City’s Russell Westbrook and Houston’s James Harden. Opinion | The special challenge Steph Curry presents to LeBron James 2017-04-28T04:00:00Z Wenger might have the FA Cup in his sightlines but he can also cling to the possibility of a 19th consecutive Champions League qualification thanks to a freakish late goal. Robert Huth’s own goal gives Arsenal welcome win over Leicester City 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z This was a questionable period in rock music, beloved of frustrated suburban kids like me, that blended rap, metal and what could be loosely termed alternative fashion to freakish effect. Incubus on nu-metal: 'It always made me cringe' 2017-04-25T04:00:00Z Mr. Bryant said the message of the ad, which shows superstars training with freakish intensity and commitment, is the obsession with hard work and preparation required to excel at anything. Kobe Bryant Pursues Second Act as Director 2017-04-18T04:00:00Z A goal that was gifted to them on a freakish bounce. What we learned from the Kings' 2-1 loss to the Coyotes 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z What freakish set of impact conditions was he performing that would produce such a divine ball flight? If Ben Hogan met TrackMan ... - Golf Digest 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z The word “surreal” means bizarre, unusual, weird, strange, unreal, freakish. Opinion | Surely there’s a better word to use 2017-03-03T05:00:00Z Monday was freakish in another way: The day’s high and low temperatures both occurred in the afternoon — and just one hour apart. After freak snowfall and a wild temperature swing, wet and windy weather on the way 2017-02-28T05:00:00Z And the very fact he excelled at other sports and in other positions goes to show that he’s not just some guy with a freakish leg. Why Johnny Hekker goes to the Pro Bowl as the most dominant punter ever 2017-01-25T05:00:00Z The Pitch: A Super Bowl ad for Mountain Dew Kickstart, a lower-calorie caffeinated juice drink, featured a freakish creature made of three Super Bowl tropes—a puppy, a monkey and a baby. Best and Worst Ads of 2016: The Things We Can’t Unsee 2016-12-28T05:00:00Z NFL clubs tend to be freakish about restricting access to practice—but Jones wants visitors to The Star to see it all. Jerry Jones Is Having a Jerryaissance 2016-12-19T05:00:00Z “I think it’s a natural thing for me not to capture them in a freakish way,” she says. Inside the Lives of Female Maskers 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z A freakish, wobbly batch of hissing synth tones, slowed to a crawl and whooshing with sonic specks, filled the room. Video premiere: Electronic producer Lawrence Grey's recipe on 'Rust'? Tape, starch and sunshine 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z He’s a freakish athlete who has found a niche. Why Johnny Hekker goes to the Pro Bowl as the most dominant punter ever 2017-01-25T05:00:00Z Both are just under 7 feet tall, with freakish wingspans. How Do You Make a Basketball Star? 2016-11-08T05:00:00Z He pointed across a basin in the center of town, a wasteland of leveled homes and freakish trees shorn of their limbs. A Haitian Warlord Meets His Match: Hurricane Matthew 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z Apart from that freakish defeat to Liverpool in the first game of the campaign, everything’s gone pretty swell for Arsenal so far this season. Arsenal v Ludogorets: Champions League – live! 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z The newest Halloween upgrades at Southern California’s theme parks are a testament to the autumn holiday’s freakish growth and profitability. Theme parks bring in Hollywood producers and giant terror-filled mazes for Halloween 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z Even on those rare occasions when the Cubs have shown some serious mettle, freakish events have conspired against them. The Most Pleasing Campaign of 2016 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z When I saw a person of color, it wasn’t as novel or as freakish as it usually is. Is Burning Man becoming less overwhelmingly white? 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z The freakish alien missile appeared, and was gone in a blink. Interdimensional trade benefits : Nature : Nature Research 2016-08-23T04:00:00Z It sounded like a freakish variation on the “Fast & Furious” movie franchise: “SafeTrack Surge #7: Surge Harder.” Warming up to a week at the beach 2016-08-23T04:00:00Z It didn’t look like a freakish feat of strength or speed. Clearing The Bar: The Philosophy Of The High Jump 2016-08-17T04:00:00Z In a different time and place, the trajectory of Inman’s life thus far would be positively freakish. Hardworking, ticked off, driven by rage and anxiety: The Oatmeal isn’t who you think he is 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z “The guys that made it here, every last one of them did something freakish relative to the average athlete. And Mike is a freak relative to all of them.” Mike Trout is emulating his idol Ken Griffey Jr., and not just between the lines 2016-08-08T04:00:00Z “He was already at a high level before then, but his understanding of the game — he backs himself and scores some freakish tries.” Resurgent Lions Are One Win From Super Rugby Title 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z The robot's developer, Californian start-up Knightscope, apologised for the "freakish accident" and invited the family to visit its Mountain View headquarters. Robot runs over toddler in shopping centre - BBC News 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z But the company issued a public apology for the "freakish accident" and invited the family to their headquarters in Mountain View. Bad Robocop? Crime-fighting robot hits, rolls over child at Silicon Valley mall 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z Knightscope called the incident a “freakish accident” and issued a formal apology to the family. Security Robot Suspended After Colliding With a Toddler 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z A freakish weightlifting accident in April produced significant tears in multiple ligaments of her right ankle. Pained Felix still out to punch double ticket for Rio 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z The bones may be more than ten thousand years old, the scientists decide; a prominent brow ridge on one skull compounds the sense that the creature had an “almost freakish” appearance. The Big Fight Over Fossils 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z They just wear them down in the end, but it has still been quite freakish how many late goals there have been. Euro 2016: BBC pundits on the new format and who has impressed them so far in France 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z They showcase his freakish athleticism, his sheer will, his ability to grab hold of a basketball game. LeBron James Wins For Cleveland and For All of Basketball 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z But Taylor's notes suggest that Allan told investigators she initially believed Gray’s death was a “freakish accident” and that “no human hands caused this injury.” Baltimore prosecutor accuses Freddie Gray detective of ‘sabotaging’ case 2016-06-15T04:00:00Z In light of criticisms that would later be leveled at Arbus—that she photographed freaks and made ordinary people appear freakish—it’s revealing that Model too was accused of depicting “grotesques.” The Woman Who Influenced Diane Arbus’s Eye 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z Eager to distance himself from Coney Island's more freakish elements, Couney stressed that his facility was a miniature hospital, not a sideshow attraction. How one man saved a generation of premature babies - BBC News 2016-05-22T04:00:00Z For example, climate change is sure dangerous, linked as it is to increased risk of fire, flood, famine, drought, freakish storms, high temperatures and resultant illnesses. No, Trump, most dangerous place in the world is not Ferguson 2016-05-22T04:00:00Z They said he was a flame thrower, throwing in the high-90s with his freakish motion, twisting and turning with his long floppy hair and a champion’s mix of intensity and focus beneath a boyish grin. Take 2: Why the Mariners should have signed Tim Lincecum 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z Those in the union argue these were freakish accidents — unlike those that claimed the lives of the other 14 recognized on Thursday. As Construction Deaths Rise, a Mass for Fallen Workers Grows 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z "This kind of freakish warm spell is another piece in the puzzle," Meier said. Scientists in Denmark, US report that Greenland's massive ice sheet is melting freakishly early 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z Nobody misses the old turf in Seattle, but the memories of it will include several goals where a green shirt was first to a bounce, freakish or otherwise. Steven Gerrard’s case not helped by LA Galaxy’s performance in his absence 2016-03-21T04:00:00Z Adding to the fish's freakish charm are the Tully monster's cute little eyes. The Verge Review of Animals: the Tully monster 2016-03-20T04:00:00Z After “Body Modification,” Scott designed an all-black collection, inspired by plastic garbage bags, and an all-white show, titled “Rich White Women,” which featured freakish tailoring. Jeremy Scott’s Haute-Kitsch Runway 2016-03-21T04:00:00Z “It’s gone from being freakish and career-killing to something people don’t even bat an eye about. Now, it’s oh, OK. That’s great …” Of course, acting on Broadway in New York is different from Hollywood. Ben Whishaw leads the soulful shift in what it means to be a leading man 2016-03-12T05:00:00Z "One freakish thing every once in a while you might expect. But we're getting these things more often and that's an indication of climate change." Scientists in Denmark, US report that Greenland's massive ice sheet is melting freakishly early 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z Ashton Eaton's bid for a third consecutive world indoor heptathlon title will not be affected by a freakish accident that left the American needing six stitches in his head, his coach told Reuters on Saturday. Freakish injury will not slow Eaton's world title bid 2016-03-12T05:00:00Z If only, if only … And yet, far from being freakish, isolated incidents, we can all see now these behaviours were sadly indicative of the men and women involved. Maria Sharapova’s single error excuse is a suspension of belief too far | Marina Hyde 2016-03-09T05:00:00Z There was no closer parallel to Griffin than Arrington, another No. 2 overall pick with freakish athletic gifts and a Hollywood grin. With Robert Griffin III’s departure, another Redskins Hail Mary ends in sadness 2016-03-07T05:00:00Z Across the next five years, he started only 51 more times, disrupted by injuries both chronic and freakish. Dodgers' Brett Anderson gets to the core of physical issues 2016-03-01T05:00:00Z It would take something freakish - or typically City-ish, if you want to look at it another way - for them not to reach the quarter-finals from here. Dynamo Kyiv v Manchester City: Champions League last 16 first leg – as it happened 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z But the result looks more freakish than adorable – probably the right approach for the potential caffeine-addicted young males who would sample Mountain Dew Kickstart. Super Bowl Ad Blog: 1st Quarter features babies, bears and Jeff Goldblum 2016-02-07T05:00:00Z Carrying the show in front of forty million people makes her one of the top human beings on the planet, and what strength of nerve that must take, what freakish concentrations of soul and energy. Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk by Ben Fountain – extract 2016-02-06T05:00:00Z He has never played in a Super Bowl before, but his freakish ability to get after the passer could prove key in a close game. Super Bowl 50: Ranking all 106 players on the Broncos and Panthers 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z These guys work so closely together, it's freakish. Oscars 2016: 'Mad Max' director George Miller amazed by fans' tattoos, love for Doof Warrior 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z It would take something freakish - or typically City-ish, if you want to look at it another way - for them not to reach the quarter-finals from here. Dynamo Kyiv v Manchester City: Champions League last 16 first leg – as it happened 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z Defensive coordinator Bob Sutton didn’t sound too concerned that Houston hasn’t played in weeks, pointing to his experience - 70 games across five seasons - and almost freakish athletic ability. Chiefs’ highly ranked defense finally whole for playoffs 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z Teammates say he's a freakish athlete, as evidenced by his hurdle of LSU's line to block an extra point attempt. Run up the middle against Alabama and you're likely to be greeted by powerful big men like A'Shawn Robinson and Jarran Reed 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z I actually commented to the GM staff on hand that the Bolt has an optical illusory flair to it, because it's got a freakish amount of rear passenger legroom considering the compact dimensions. I drove the Chevy Bolt, GM's electric car for everyone 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z Many of us have a passing acquaintance with Caesar’s successors in the Julio-Claudian line: the ruthless, power-amassing Augustus, the paranoid Tiberius, the wittily cruel Caligula, the freakish Claudius, the showboating Nero. Roman tyrants in all their brutal glory 2015-12-31T05:00:00Z Where is his legacy going to stack up against the skinny, short guy from Charlotte who shoots threes over freakish athletes with relative ease? The long goodbye: Kobe's farewell season is a trudge, but a compelling one 2015-12-28T05:00:00Z Mixing the right set of sly assassins, freakish hulks and other characters, given the mission and opponent, is what makes the game special. How Blizzard turned a costly failure into the highly anticipated 'Overwatch' 2015-12-27T05:00:00Z The freakish autumn-like weather in the Eastern half of the country just won’t let up in these final days before Christmas. Why Warm Weather Is Killing Retailers' Holiday Season 2015-12-23T05:00:00Z Chelsea’s struggles are becoming freakish, misfortune compounding a loss of form and morale, and they will improve, but their poor start means the battle for fourth is open. The Premier League so far: a majestic muddle that continues to entertain | Jonathan Wilson 2015-11-10T05:00:00Z But in all seriousness, the genuinely freakish doublethink Republicans indulge in on this subject requires further explanation. Let us now blame George Bush: Trump and Jeb force a long overdue debate about 9/11 2015-10-19T04:00:00Z The protagonists are filmed at freakish angles, and the shadows of the window frames cast doomy diagonals. “Steve Jobs” Loves a Genius 2015-10-19T04:00:00Z His body told him the season was lost to a freakish noncontact injury before the doctors could. Jets Cornerback Puts His Scrappiness to Work 2015-10-03T04:00:00Z Remember, when we did start charging online, we were regarded as sort of freakish, particularly in the U.S., particularly on the West Coast of the U.S. The Financial Times and the Future of Journalism 2015-09-28T04:00:00Z Though the subject matter of "Finders Keepers" can sound morbid and freakish, its true lure is its examination of the intricacies of human psychology and the vagaries of chance. Weird 'Finders Keepers,' on bizarre fight over leg, actually turns heartfelt, poignant 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z In fact, the New England only managed one shot on target over the course of the opening 45 minutes - so to have found the net twice by half-time was a little freakish. The Red Bulls' slow rise to the top of the East could yet be stopped by speed 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z “He had really freakish athletic ability, the flexibility, stuff like that,” Trgovac said. Julius Peppers now an elder statesman for the Packers, 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z The freakish weather also inspired Byron’s apocalyptic poem “Darkness.” How a Volcanic Eruption in 1815 Darkened the World but Colored the Arts 2015-08-24T04:00:00Z “And to discover that these things that I thought were freakish parts of my history and my personality – people were saying, ‘Oh, someone’s writing about me! Jonathan Franzen interview: ‘There is no way to make myself not male' 2015-08-21T04:00:00Z Standing among the workaday cycads and orchids, the 5-foot-high Indonesian plant is a freakish, if alluring, anomaly. Corpse flower mania is in full bloom in Denver 2015-08-21T04:00:00Z When he finally met face to face with Nixon, he later said, his first impression was “one of freakish grotesqueness.” Benton Becker, Ford Aide, Dies at 77; Negotiated Nixon Pardon 2015-08-08T04:00:00Z This episode was all about giving us glimpses into his life and setting the mood, which it did with freakish visuals, convoluted musical cues, and not a drop of dialogue. Hannibal Recap: Season three, episode 8 – The Great Red Dragon 2015-07-25T04:00:00Z The freakish progeny were Frankenstein and the human vampire, which have loomed large in art and literature ever since. How a Volcanic Eruption in 1815 Darkened the World but Colored the Arts 2015-08-24T04:00:00Z “Gissander” is particularly freakish, moaning and groaning like some computerized beast. Dieter Moebius mixtape: A sonic appreciation of the late synth master 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z This arrangement seemed freakish and weird to me, but his wife doesn’t mind and his kids turned out great and they’re a happy, wonderful family. Dude, Where's My Changing Station? 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z They looked from a distance like some freakish tumor on the body politic. Unraveling the axis of stupid: How Iran deal sends neocons, exceptionalists and Fox News xenophobes to dustbin of history 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z It was only a freakish own goal that stopped us reaching the final so we were never going to let Germany beat us.” England find themselves and win nation’s support with World Cup bronze 2015-07-05T04:00:00Z “What he lacked in technique he made up for with freakish strength. Watching him throw the hammer, it was scary,” Potosky said. Anchorage strongman does it all 2015-07-04T04:00:00Z There may be good reason to question the mental health of both Roof and Dolezal, but if we frame them as isolated anomalies or freakish, inexplicable cases we are deliberately missing the point. Rachel Dolezal, Dylann Roof and the tragic history of white America’s love-hate relationship with “blackness” 2015-06-20T04:00:00Z And Chambers Bay, for all its supposedly freakish nuances, will not faze this nerveless 21-year-old. Jordan Spieth brings local knowledge to his US Open campaign 2015-06-13T04:00:00Z “You just hope that nothing freakish happens early on,” Cash said before the game. Rookies lead Rays to 7-5 win over White Sox 2015-06-13T04:00:00Z “We’ll take that time to figure out. Matt’s been kind of freakish in his ability to bounce back from things.” Wacha strikes out 10 but Cardinals fall to Rockies, 4-3 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z Both injuries were considered somewhat freakish because they happened without much contact. Jaguars rookie James Sample breaks arm in practice 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z The freakish athletes that are playing, and excelling, at any sport they touch will leave your highly trained child in the dust. What It Means To Youth Sports That Multi-Sport Athletes Dominated NFL Draft 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z “It was definitely a freakish thing. It started bleeding everywhere.” Desclafani pitches Reds past Brewers 2015-04-20T04:00:00Z There is plenty of acidity and tannin, but a freakish growing season in which frost took a full 50% of the production resulted in an unusually rich Cabernet Sauvignon. Exploring Napa Valley's Howell Mountain 2015-04-08T04:00:00Z But if Cashman did not have had the size or skill to play varsity basketball, he was still somewhat of a freakish athlete. Yankees’ Brian Cashman Relishes Kentucky Connection 2015-03-24T04:00:00Z Yet most of Anderson's injuries have been freakish in nature. Injury-prone Dodgers pitcher Brett Anderson hopes to be effective 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z There is something freakish about the existence of a special prosecutor, bringing criminal charges over one campaign whose mistakes — if any — were more or less the same as those of other campaigns. A Secret Indictment Over Errors That Have Rarely Been Crimes 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z On the surface, the police shooting of an unarmed man in a housing project stairwell in Brooklyn seemed like a freakish accident. Brooklyn Police Shooting Is Called Different Because No Threat Led Officer to Fire 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z This can produce freakish behaviour with people nodding like desk toys and staring, while they parrot: "I'm listening." Why do people dislike hearing foreign languages in the street? 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z He is the franchise cornerstone, a freakish athlete who can dominant player with some development. Wizards vs. Timberwolves: ‘Superstar’ Wall leads Washington to 109-95 rout against ex-coach 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z Many wondered how his freakish athleticism would meld with the methodical, defense-first approach employed by Bennett. Justin Anderson on verge of breakthrough at Virginia, but he’s still learning to fit in “Hyperbole? Maybe, considering she's only had one season as a professional but when you factor in her work ethic, drive to succeed and freakish abilities it just seems to fit.” Missing Links: Rory McIlroy's goals for 2015? 'Green Jacket': The Loop 2013-10-16T04:00:00Z Mother Nature is holding a pre-holiday weather sale this week: freakish warmth, wind, rain, snow — all this can, and will, be yours. New York Today: Lots of Weather 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z ZHOUTIE, China — By autumn, the stench of Lake Tai and the freakish green glow of its waters usually fade with the ebbing of the summer heat, but this year is different. Despite Persecution, Guardian of Lake Tai Spotlights China’s Polluters 2014-11-23T05:00:00Z A third-round draft pick a year ago, Moore is a freakish athlete with an ability to get to the passer and make big plays. Giants GM Jerry Reese wants new look vs. Colts 2014-11-02T04:00:00Z It was the latest example of an odd preseason headlined by a series of freakish injuries. Washington Wizards hobbling as regular season opener vs. Miami Heat approaches “He is a freakish athlete whose motor never stops,” Steelers offensive coordinator Todd Haley said. Steelers rookie Mauro tries Watt impersonation 2014-10-19T04:00:00Z He is such a freakish talent, and has such a fragile ego, that it is hard to relate to him. Kevin Pietersen: the book, the chief, his knife, uncovered 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z That reaction is no surprise when freakish passing numbers are the norm in Mike Leach's "Air Raid" offense. More records in sight for Cougars' Connor Halliday 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z That reaction is no surprise when freakish passing numbers are the norm in Mike Leach’s “Air Raid” offense. More records in sight for Cougars’ Connor Halliday 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z Prince’s entry is the appearance of two stylistically distinct discs on the same day, emphasizing his freakish versatility. Review: Prince seeks relevance in double release 2014-09-29T04:00:00Z All in all, designing costumes might not be a bad way to get in the mood for another season of freakish terror. 'American Horror Story: Freak Show' sponsors a costume contest 2014-09-22T04:00:00Z “Executing Mr. Fry but not other members of the same class of offenders based only on a date is arbitrary and freakish” and violates the state constitution, Fry’s lawyer, Kathleen McGarry, said in written arguments. New Mexico high court to hear death-row appeals 2014-09-03T04:00:00Z “He’s tough to explain, other than the fact he works as hard or harder than anyone, he’s got freakish hand-eye skills, he loves baseball and he wants to be great.” Astros’ Jose Altuve Doesn’t Let Height Be a Disadvantage 2014-08-19T04:00:00Z Eyewitnesses said it was a "freakish accident" caused when the red deer panicked. Perils of the English countryside 2014-07-26T04:00:00Z The failure of a 90-percent effective method is terrible luck; the failure of a 99-percent effective method is verging on a freakish accident. Is Truvada, the Pill to Prevent H.I.V., 99 Percent Effective? Don’t Be So Sure 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z Alistair too is playing his usual game of catch-up, his run training interrupted by what he calls a "freakish" month of calf pops, infected cuts and debilitating stomach bugs. Can London return aid struggling Brownlees? 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z Maier’s fantastic reflexes in the box – they called him “the cat of Anzing”, after his hometown – were only matched by his freakish durability. The World Cup’s top 100 footballers of all time 2014-05-28T04:00:00Z “I think it's pretty freakish for ribs to be showing.” Do thinner mannequins make people buy clothes? 2014-05-28T04:00:00Z After a freakish turn of good luck in a flashback, Stavros mutters, “God is real.” REVIEW: In FX’s Fargo, the Devil Goes Up to Minnesota 2014-04-14T15:58:54Z As it turned out, however, those two bears weren’t freakish at all. Home on the range: How to live with grizzly bears 2014-03-22T17:00:00Z Following years of backyard battles, Perry Jr. created a palpable buzz for his younger brother’s arrival at Hylton by telling then-Coach Bill Brown of the freakish athlete coming his way. Ahmad Brooks feels echoes of home as San Francisco 49ers visit Washington Redskins 2013-11-24T23:03:00Z It’s not just troubling, it is freakish, unrepresentative of life itself. The Katniss Condundrum: Is She Okay for Kids? 2013-11-21T10:45:24Z He has been beat up because he isn't the second coming of Brian Urlacher, a kid from a small Western town with freakish speed. Defensive line — the game changers 2013-11-05T06:41:00Z "Imposition of the death penalty is rare, unusual, freakish and inconsistently applied," defense lawyers wrote. Lawyers for Colorado theater gunman renew efforts to toss death penalty 2013-09-03T22:50:00Z All that combined with the Spaniard's fierce pride, freakish athletic ability and obsessive attention to details and a variety of superstitions. Nadal keeps rolling on the hardcourt 2013-08-27T02:51:56Z But after spending time in the “highly-stylized fantasy world, these otherwise freakish figures fell into place.” 'Dragon's Crown' Developer George Kamitani Talks Gameplay, Controversy 2013-08-16T16:18:00Z But he still conditions his body to an almost freakish degree, stretching and working his limbs at almost every free moment, whether in the clubhouse or in the outfield between pitches. A Yankee (Not Rodriguez) Creates Buzz 2013-08-08T01:20:57Z Rossingh noted the freakish fact that at three of the past four Wimbledons, the 24th-ranked German has knocked out the reigning French Open champion. Serena Williams Falls, Wimbledon Turns Totally Nuts 2013-07-01T16:38:23Z But is this an accurate reflection of trends within the professional game, or just a freakish confluence of unrelated incidents? Explaining Wimbledon's injury jinx 2013-06-27T22:13:45Z And when Mullins put him in a line of isolated freaks, he added that as a man Lowry himself was in no way freakish. Taking a fresh look at LS Lowry 2013-06-24T01:58:18Z The freakish injury served as a bad omen for a terrible night of hockey for the Hawks in a 2-0 loss. Frustration starting to build for Hawks after shutout 2013-06-18T03:42:00Z Those companies that find lightening in a bottle and achieve rocketship growth are freakish and not a good model. How Starting a Company is Like Climbing Everest 2013-05-08T15:10:00Z It was sad — every bit of it, and in so many freakish ways. Who Would Kill a Monk Seal? 2013-05-08T11:00:24Z Although Watson is considered extremely raw in terms of his knowledge and understanding of the game, his freakish physical attributes dazzled the league's talent evaluators. NFL Draft makes Menelik Watson Oakland Raiders' second British player 2013-04-27T16:14:00Z What he does have is freakish athleticism – a terrifying combination of size, power and explosiveness. NFL Draft first round picks: the full list 2013-04-26T14:54:00Z Patterson has freakish athleticism but runs sloppy routes and his work ethic has been questioned. NFL mock Draft 2013: Luke Joeckel and Geno Smith lead first-round picks 2013-04-23T16:18:51Z It seems reasonable to ask whether they represent an unfortunately freakish confluence of events or a stark warning that football-related disorder is back on the rise. Outbreaks of hooliganism prove complacency is not an option 2013-04-15T19:47:44Z Perhaps it would be better if Bayern missed out on a few of those, however, because humans are programmed to mistrust freakish brilliance. Bayern Munich are crowned champions but struggle to get into party mood 2013-04-08T09:32:45Z These are probably the most bizarre and freakish animals of the Squamozoic world. Welcome to the Squamozoic! 2013-04-01T13:45:05.040Z A freakish athlete at wide receiver but one whose work ethic and route running have been questioned. NFL Draft first round picks: the full list 2013-04-26T14:54:00Z Similarly, and by freakish coincidence, the Mill arrived at Columbia University at the very same second, in order to propose itself for a Pulitzer. Football transfer rumours: Christian Eriksen to Liverpool? 2013-03-29T09:54:49Z Their ship falls victim to freakish weather, and Lara and company are stranded on an island. A Feminist Reviews Tomb Raider's Lara Croft 2013-03-12T15:55:37Z Photograph: Mike Hewitt/Getty Images Glenn Murray laughs it off as a quirk, something too freakish to contemplate, but deep down he must be glowing. Glenn Murray 'honoured' to share the limelight with Ronaldo and Messi 2013-02-27T11:16:26Z That he should change his entire approach based on such a freakish, inscrutable match is a fascinating insight into a man with an unshakeable courage of his convictions. Sir Alex Ferguson will bring tactical nous as well as motivation to Madrid 2013-02-11T17:52:57Z Marshall made such a difference because he has freakish athletic ability at nearly 6 foot 5 and 230 pounds. Bears position analysis: Wide receiver 2013-02-08T19:05:00Z Bledsoe was certainly fired up going against Wall but he maintained the same demeanor and never appeared out of sorts as he gave the Wizards fits all night with his quickness and freakish athleticism. Wizards vs. Clippers: Washington snaps eight-game losing streak to Los Angeles 2013-02-05T02:59:33Z "My thing was just so freakish, the kind of thing you never think will happen to you until it actually does." Andy Murray happy to welcome the player who knows all his secrets 2013-01-13T21:17:13Z The blow whiplashed Griffin’s right leg in a freakish contortion that looked, on replay, as if the quarterback’s knee had been hyperextended — the hinge going in the wrong direction — beyond the limits of human anatomy. Redskins show they’re more than RGIII and a bunch of other guys 2012-12-10T02:22:56Z It was considered a very dorky pastime - it was seen as sort of a freakish hobby. The Fifth Down: When Fantasy Football Becomes an Addiction 2012-11-27T11:04:09Z Both of Georgia’s offensive tackles are first-year starters, both of whom were taken advantage of by South Carolina, particularly by the freakish defensive end Jadeveon Clowney. Analysis: Todd Gurley and Keith Marshall Rekindle Memory of Herschel Walker 2012-11-26T04:44:01Z "It's only a very small part of the story," he says, "and outside of the context it makes me sound almost freakish." Meet the superhumans 2012-11-18T00:04:00Z The answer may exist somewhere in the midst of the fourth century, when Christianity morphed from a freakish band of outsiders seeking justice for the disenfranchised to the religion of Empire and Emperors. Gen. David Petraeus may have fallen from pedestal, but woe to the ‘fallen woman’ 2012-11-15T15:42:00Z But this latest setback was freakish rather than an indication of any underlying weakness in the leg. Chelsea's John Terry suffers knee ligament injury against Liverpool 2012-11-11T21:52:17Z Even tornadoes, the region’s defining devil winds, are a result of a meteorological collision: a convergence of three different weather systems that happens with freakish regularity in Oklahoma and its immediate environs. The Oklahoma City Thunder’s Fairy-Tale Rise 2012-11-08T22:22:55Z He still combines freakish athleticism with uncommon intensity that didn't always endear him to Wisconsin teammates upon his arrival. Nothing low voltage about Texans' Watt 2012-11-08T02:47:00Z At least preliminarily, city officials are calling the failure of the boom a freakish occurrence. Drama Behind Securing Crippled Crane in Manhattan 2012-11-07T04:40:15Z With growing confidence scientists are linking climate change to the increasingly freakish weather around the globe which is causing food prices to rise. Worried about the economy? It's the environment, stupid 2012-10-29T14:50:36Z Now add to that parade of potential horrors one more: a freakish two-in-one storm that could, if the more dire forecasts prove correct, warp an election two years and $2 billion in the making. Political Memo: Hurricane, and Other Worries, Buffet Presidential Race 2012-10-29T00:55:19Z This was not the beginning of Huff’s disastrous 2012 season, which included a freakish injury and a stunning statistical free fall, nor was it the end. Aubrey Huff Succeeds As Pinch-Hitter for Giants 2012-10-21T02:25:10Z One of Messner’s cows was also in heat and the pair became a freakish but constant spectacle. Weird news: Elk relocated after having sex with cow in public 2012-10-18T18:38:00Z It would take something freakish in the extreme for England not to prevail against San Marino on Friday. Wayne Rooney can use San Marino game as a chance to prepare for Poland 2012-10-11T22:00:30Z But Orient won at Bury, while Sunderland – despite Clough opening the scoring in their match at Swansea with his 34th goal of the season – could only draw, a late freakish deflection pegging them back. The Joy of Six: big clubs in the lower leagues 2012-09-28T09:16:12Z Yearning for His Statistics to Grow Beyond One ‘Hit by Pitch’ It is beyond dispute that the Chicago Cubs franchise is a never-ending, mind-numbing repository of bad luck and freakish occurrences. Ex-Cub, Hit by Pitch in Only Time Up, Pursues Second Chance 2012-09-08T19:49:37Z On the day before the Belmont, O’Neill abruptly announced that I’ll Have Another would be scratched from the race and retired because of a “freakish” injury involving his left front tendon. Travers Stakes Entrants Face Heightened Scrutiny 2012-08-09T00:14:38Z The Hindu's editorial "Delhi is Powerless" contended that while power grid collapses in other countries are usually caused by "freakish acts of nature," India's blackout was the result of poor long-term planning. India Ink: Newswallah: The Government Is Broken 2012-08-02T13:32:26Z Life might have emerged from a freakish convergence of improbable and even unimaginable events. Stanley Miller and the Quest to Understand Life's Beginning 2012-07-29T16:15:00.203Z “It was bizarre on a good day, freakish on others.” Online Ammunition Sales Highlighted by Aurora Shootings 2012-07-23T01:50:18Z Yes, Houston believes Linsanity is much more than a freakish string of games in February. Can Jeremy Lin's Appeal in China Really Help Houston's Bottom Line? 2012-07-19T09:35:36Z The Wizards felt that paying a proven, veteran commodity in Nene was a smarter investment than dedicating an eight-figure annual salary to a freakish athlete who remained unpolished and provided inconsistent production. JaVale McGee re-signs with Denver Nuggets 2012-07-20T05:32:00Z The next morning, the colt’s trainer, Doug O’Neill, abruptly announced that I’ll Have Another would be retired because of a “freakish” injury involving his left front tendon. I’ll Have Another Had History of Ailments, Records Show 2012-07-11T08:36:40Z Korbut broke sporting boundaries by doing something hitherto considered unfeasible, almost freakish. 50 stunning Olympic moments No47: Olga Korbut redefines gymnastics 2012-07-06T11:12:35Z I got two huge, freakish injuries on the field, with Giles and the line drive; there’s nothing I can do about that. Pitcher Mark Prior Still Trying to Return to Majors 2012-06-30T16:38:57Z His main rival in the long jump was someone who had long since stopped jumping: Bob Beamon, whose freakish leap of 8.90m at the 1968 Olympics had never been beaten. 50 stunning Olympic moments No44: Carl Lewis's four golds in 1984 2012-06-29T08:00:06Z He talks about the freakish bad luck of the shot that hit the grandstand. Choke therapy: the sports stars who blew their big chance 2012-06-22T21:59:00Z Officially only five, though exaggeration is most acceptable when confronted with Durant’s spindly and freakish length. On Basketball: 2012 N.B.A. Playoffs - Some Humility Looks Good on the Heat 2012-06-18T15:25:02Z Even if he doesn't step up on the podium again wearing something freakish, the shirt he wore after his team's game one victory makes him a shoe in. Miami Heat vs Oklahoma City Thunder: Five things we learned 2012-06-16T17:40:31Z Championship before dying at 42 in a private jet’s freakish loss of cabin pressure. Sports of The Times: U.S. Open — Olympic Club Has Been Unkind to Favorites 2012-06-09T16:24:47Z "It's just a freakish thing," he said of the injury. I'll Have Another is retired because of tendon injury | Horse racing 2012-06-09T05:26:04Z O’Neill called I’ll Have Another’s injury a “freakish thing,” but Lukas said the rigors of the Triple Crown had escalated over the years. Belmont Stakes — I’ll Have Another’s Injury Leaves Track Deflated 2012-06-09T00:03:20Z “It’s just a freakish thing,” O’Neill told reporters outside the barns at Belmont Park. I’ll Have Another scratched from Belmont Stakes 2012-06-08T17:37:45Z These freakish results in the 11 2-mile classic appear to be the culmination of a decades-long trend well known to people in the horse industry. U.S. no longer breeds horses for the Belmont 2012-06-03T23:59:21Z But the freakish diversity of worlds starts much closer to home. Why Is the Solar System So Bizarre? 2012-05-31T19:07:51Z He was persuaded that, for some reason best known to herself, Miss Margu�rite Garth had adopted this freakish method of revisiting her old home. The House 'Round the Corner 2012-04-14T02:00:22.063Z For Moyer is freakish on two counts: How long he’s pitched and how he pitches. Junkman Jamie Moyer back on the baseball diamond at age 49 2012-04-08T21:37:49Z That this is no freakish coincidence, may be shown by the contrast between China and any of the peripheral realms. The Political Doctrines of Sun Yat-sen: An Exposition of the San Min Chu I 2012-04-04T02:00:55.303Z Obviously, he has freakish athletic ability, but he’s real humble, he’s got good character, and he can be a real role model for my son. Robert Griffin III meets fans at Chantilly card show 2012-03-31T22:14:34Z The elder of the two, who might be eleven years old, was holding the freakish animal by one of those long pieces of sea-weed that resemble strips of Spanish leather. Mathieu Ropars: et cetera 2012-03-15T02:00:28.013Z But the real takeaway wasn’t about freakish recall, it was about everyday meaning. The Surprising Big Idea at TED: Turn Off Technology 2012-03-06T13:00:06Z He stood 7 feet 1 inch and weighed 285 pounds at a time when such dimensions were freakish. 50th Anniversary of a Scoring Feat That?s as Much Legend as Record 2012-03-02T01:59:05Z Some masterpieces are unintentional, the result of a freakish accident or an explosive act of sheer weirdness, and the fence that divides Nogales, Ariz., from Nogales, Mexico, is one of them. Nogales, Mexico: A Few Steps, and a Whole World Away 2012-02-23T22:07:18Z He contrasts this opinion on art as something useful to man with art as the European sees it, a mere freakish amusement. Paul Gauguin, His Life and Art 2012-02-14T03:00:24.393Z Now enlisted as an usher—so a freakish fate ordains— I employ my best endeavours and the remnant of my brains Setting and correcting essays written by scholastic swains. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, June 14, 1916 2012-02-11T03:03:42.797Z Division I, Kimble’s arrival at this point in his life was as much a freakish occurrence as any methodically plotted path into coaching. Bo Kimble, Ex-Loyola Marymount Star, Goes Coast to Coast 2012-02-04T16:53:46Z And Stoudemire, in a freakish halftime accident Tuesday, sprained an ankle stepping on a jump rope, he said. For the Knicks, Three Games in Three Nights Will Be a Challenge 2012-02-02T03:06:37Z The corpsman who treated him judged his luck to border on the freakish. The Hard Way Out of Afghanistan 2012-02-01T22:05:17Z But then nature is apt to be freakish. The Turnstile 2012-01-29T03:00:09.260Z "Very curious and freakish," said I, and I sat down on the grass to think the matter out. The Watchers A Novel 2012-01-29T03:00:08.560Z The young Canadian was well on his way to a leading role in the game last year when he injured his hip in a freakish fall in the second round of his first Wimbledon. In the Arena: Young Canadian Is Ready for a Starring Role 2012-01-19T15:35:31Z “What would count as freakish would be to find two dozen registered Republicans on a big law faculty,” Mr. Olson said. Sidebar: Sidebar: Teresa Wagner?s Lawsuit Against Iowa Law School Pits Activism Against Diversity 2012-01-09T17:30:06Z In so much of the rest of the country, Mr. Ulrich’s centrism would simply seem too freakish. Big City: Eric Ulrich, Romney?s Young Republican in New York 2012-01-07T16:37:25Z |
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