1.   And like a high school graduation, a peculiar mix of pride and sadness hovers above the occasion.

2.   A peculiar mix of Hornets went on a tear and just missed the playoffs.

3.   Giants fans are a peculiar mix of contradictions.

4.   Howitt and the production designer, Catherine Hardwicke, capture the peculiar mix of casualness and intensity that defines computer-industry workplace culture.

5.   That tension makes for a peculiar mix.

6.   The elections, an essential milestone, were a peculiar mix of a national referendum and a choice of representatives.

7.   The trial has been a peculiar mix of delays, irrelevancies, missed opportunities, gratuitous rhetorical flourishes and an undertone of danger.

8.   Nationwide, the prosperity has produced a peculiar mix of problems, including labor shortages in many regions.