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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Set in a divided world where immortal, magic-wielding beings rule Starside and struggling mortals survive Stormside, this story follow Aris, an orphaned blacksmith's apprentice, driven by revenge against the gods who destroyed her family.
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Jessica Moore, USA Today, 18 Mar. 2026
So perhaps ancient humans didn't just sit around campfires, telling tales of the hunt, and looking into the stars for signs from the gods.
—Scott Simon, NPR, 14 Mar. 2026
Don't feed the stereotypes, don't tempt the gods.
—Arkansas Online, 14 Mar. 2026
Orion never got to realize his dream of eliminating Lepus because Orion himself was done in by Zeus, the king of the gods of Mount Olympus.
—Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 8 Mar. 2026
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Jessica Moore, USA Today, 18 Mar. 2026
So perhaps ancient humans didn't just sit around campfires, telling tales of the hunt, and looking into the stars for signs from the gods.
—Scott Simon, NPR, 14 Mar. 2026
Don't feed the stereotypes, don't tempt the gods.
—Arkansas Online, 14 Mar. 2026
Orion never got to realize his dream of eliminating Lepus because Orion himself was done in by Zeus, the king of the gods of Mount Olympus.
—Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 8 Mar. 2026
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 25 Mar. 2026.
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