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The optical illusion, which is caused by Mercury’s slow motion, causes disruption and disorder to earthlings.
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Lisa Stardust, Refinery29, 6 Nov. 2025
Nonetheless, the sun could soon spew out more plasma and spark a celestial show for us earthlings.
—Addy Bink, The Hill, 30 Sep. 2025
After the broadcast of Orson Welles’ alien invasion docu-drama The War of the Worlds on October 30, 1938, the FCC was flooded with letters from traumatized earthlings.
—Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2025
So the earthlings now have to try and ignite Jupiter’s atmosphere to launch Earth back into space.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2025
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Lisa Stardust, Refinery29, 6 Nov. 2025
Nonetheless, the sun could soon spew out more plasma and spark a celestial show for us earthlings.
—Addy Bink, The Hill, 30 Sep. 2025
After the broadcast of Orson Welles’ alien invasion docu-drama The War of the Worlds on October 30, 1938, the FCC was flooded with letters from traumatized earthlings.
—Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2025
So the earthlings now have to try and ignite Jupiter’s atmosphere to launch Earth back into space.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2025
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“Earthling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/earthling. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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earthling
noun
earth·ling
ˈərth-liŋ 
: one who lives on the planet earth
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