the gods

plural noun

British
: the highest and cheapest seats in a theater
The people in the gods can be the hardest to please.

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The titan Chronos, patriarch to all the gods, returns to get revenge for his imprisonment at the hands of his children, taking control of Tartarus and simultaneously waging war on the mortal world via Mount Olympus. Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025 Life’s got you; the gods and planets ensnare the weak and vulnerable. Matthew Strauss, Pitchfork, 26 Sep. 2025 Rulers couldn’t control the volume of water arriving from thousands of miles upstream but instead relied on a mixture of propitiation of the gods, informed predictions, and blind hope. Vanessa Taylor, Big Think, 25 Sep. 2025 Those moments remind us that the gods were with us. Yola Robert, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for the gods

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“The gods.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20gods. Accessed 4 Oct. 2025.

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