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The story line has nothing to do with Queen but instead centers on a tale about rebel Earthlings overthrowing their cruel overlords.
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Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 18 June 2026
For roughly the first three decades of his career, Spielberg tended to take a fairly sanguine view of aliens, refusing to succumb to the disaster-movie framework of aliens attacking terrified Earthlings.
—Jesse Hassenger, Entertainment Weekly, 12 June 2026
Earthlings aren't the only ones safe from a city-wrecking-size asteroid.
—Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 5 Mar. 2026
Earthling has returned to Melrose — this time with a 4,350-square-foot store at 7207 Melrose Avenue.
—Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 18 Feb. 2026
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Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 18 June 2026
For roughly the first three decades of his career, Spielberg tended to take a fairly sanguine view of aliens, refusing to succumb to the disaster-movie framework of aliens attacking terrified Earthlings.
—Jesse Hassenger, Entertainment Weekly, 12 June 2026
Earthlings aren't the only ones safe from a city-wrecking-size asteroid.
—Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 5 Mar. 2026
Earthling has returned to Melrose — this time with a 4,350-square-foot store at 7207 Melrose Avenue.
—Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 18 Feb. 2026
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“Earthling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/earthling. Accessed 19 Jun. 2026.
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earthling
noun
earth·ling
ˈərth-liŋ 
: one who lives on the planet earth
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