demigod

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Recent Examples of demigod In terms of reputation, Baltimore demigod Justin Tucker would seem to have a decisive edge over Buffalo kicker Tyler Bass, an unreliable performer dating back to last year’s playoffs. Tim Graham, The Athletic, 18 Jan. 2025 In the latter versions of the story, the title character, vacationing in Hawaii with his parents, befriends a group of Native Hawaiian youth and goes on a quest that includes time travel to the ancient islands and interactions with demigods to save a sacred site from a developer. Andrew Dalton, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2025 The first book, The Lightning Thief, covers his adventures at Camp Half-Blood, a training refuge for demigods like him, alongside best friends, Annabeth Chase and Grover Underwood. Boutayna Chokrane, Vogue, 21 Dec. 2024 With the question of whether Musker or Clements or any other principal had ever come in contact with Woodall’s Bucky materials the primary question before the jury, any issue of similarity between the Hawaii setting and Polynesian demigods in Bucky and Moana was moot. Dominic Patten, Deadline, 10 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for demigod
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Noun
  • And some of the mistakes are of actual blood on his hands, and he’s got demons floating around in his soul, as well as on the ceiling or climbing the walls or whatever.
    Demetrius Patterson, HollywoodReporter, 9 Apr. 2025
  • There are extravagant rock concerts, evil giant babies, fiery demons, and of course, the odd robot as well.
    Raja Krishnamoorthi, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Based on a Russian fairytale, the principal roles in this production include a prince and princess, an evil immortal who captures the princess and the magical Firebird, who saves the day.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Mar. 2025
  • After helping Philadelphia reach the 2001 NBA Finals alongside another basketball immortal, MVP point guard Allen Iverson, and then playing an encore stint in 2001-02, the then-35-year-old Mutombo transitioned to another phase of his career.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 15 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Jacobs-Jenkins cannot help noting that among that generation of Bible-quoting civil rights worthies are enough sins of the father to burden a host of sons.
    Jesse Green, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2025
  • Martin Luther King, Senator J. William Fulbright, and California Gov. Pat Brown all said so and who would know better than these worthies?
    Walter E Block, Orange County Register, 13 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Thank you dear Lord for my forever baby, my angel Aidan.
    Hannah Sacks, People.com, 7 Apr. 2025
  • From philanthropy to angel investing, wealthy women are using their money to do good and proving that financial power in the right hands changes everything.
    Melissa Houston, Forbes.com, 6 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • At Davos Worldwide, his eminence Shyalpa Rinpoche and other global leaders outlined the Four Pillars for Lasting Peace: 1.
    Dr. Adil Dalal, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Still, Valéry’s eminence as a modernist is indisputable.
    Benjamin Kunkel, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Derik Faye, alongside Richard Branson and Howard Schultz, embodies the spirit of triumph over circumstances, offering enduring lessons on navigating risk, embracing change, overcoming setbacks, adapting to sacrifice, and maintaining a realistic perspective.
    Jaime Catmull, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
  • Over the past quarter-century, those songs and the one-of-a-kind spirit that produced them became a guiding beacon of artistic integrity and inspiring non-conformity.
    Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 3 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The order includes provisions seeking to reinstate monuments, memorials and statues that were removed or altered since January 2020.
    Brittney Melton, NPR, 31 Mar. 2025
  • The Trump administration is leaving no stone unturned in its push to erase the legacy of 2020's racial reckoning, including by restoring monuments to Confederate leaders who fought to preserve slavery.
    Russell Contreras, Axios, 30 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The computer daemon operates in a similar manner, continuously working behind the scenes to keep processes going and to address service requests.
    The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 23 Oct. 2024
  • Yet in their original form gremlins are alive and well, living under new names—daemons, worms, virtual pets.
    The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 23 Oct. 2024

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