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Here’s the premise: Fears of the sun’s demise prompt the earthlings of the future to set aside their differences and launch our planet (using giant earth engines as thrusters) into the cosmos in search of a new solar system.
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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 19 July 2024
That’s because in the coming year Saturn will tilt in a way that, from the point of view of earthlings, creates a startling trick of eye and angle that makes the rings invisible.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2024
Scientists are one step closer to discovering whether earthlings are alone in the universe, as NASA’s largest and most technologically advanced planetary spacecraft, the Europa Clipper, launched on Oct 14.
—Ali Martin, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Oct. 2024
Food items — from sausages to oranges — have wrenched global control from pathetic earthlings, many of whom are now dead.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 10 July 2024
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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 19 July 2024
That’s because in the coming year Saturn will tilt in a way that, from the point of view of earthlings, creates a startling trick of eye and angle that makes the rings invisible.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2024
Scientists are one step closer to discovering whether earthlings are alone in the universe, as NASA’s largest and most technologically advanced planetary spacecraft, the Europa Clipper, launched on Oct 14.
—Ali Martin, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Oct. 2024
Food items — from sausages to oranges — have wrenched global control from pathetic earthlings, many of whom are now dead.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 10 July 2024
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“Earthling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/earthling. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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earthling
noun
earth·ling
ˈərth-liŋ 
: one who lives on the planet earth
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