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Using our voices for change is important — not just for ourselves, but for our fellow earthlings.
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Lisa Stardust, Refinery29, 18 June 2025
In return, the boy wants little to do with her or any other earthling.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2025
So the earthlings now have to try and ignite Jupiter’s atmosphere to launch Earth back into space.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 19 July 2024
The connection between the body, mind and spirit is intense during full moons — especially since the moon controls the ocean's tides, and earthlings comprise over 60% water.
—Lisa Stardust, People.com, 14 Mar. 2025
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Lisa Stardust, Refinery29, 18 June 2025
In return, the boy wants little to do with her or any other earthling.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2025
So the earthlings now have to try and ignite Jupiter’s atmosphere to launch Earth back into space.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 19 July 2024
The connection between the body, mind and spirit is intense during full moons — especially since the moon controls the ocean's tides, and earthlings comprise over 60% water.
—Lisa Stardust, People.com, 14 Mar. 2025
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“Earthling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/earthling. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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earthling
noun
earth·ling
ˈərth-liŋ 
: one who lives on the planet earth
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