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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Like a modern Odysseus, they are beset by fate to wander and suffer, but the gods will always intercede to help them out with a convenient flood or unlikely coincidence.
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Literary Hub,
30 June 2026
Inspired by Aztec temple offerings of tuberose, magnolia, plumeria, and marigold made at the altars of the gods, Flor y Canto fills a room with its intoxicating sillage.
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Ariel Wodarcyk,
InStyle,
28 June 2026
Also the gods are still hot as hell.
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Antonio G. Di Benedetto,
The Verge,
23 June 2026
The problems begin with the gods.
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David Denby,
New Yorker,
21 June 2026
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Literary Hub,
30 June 2026
Inspired by Aztec temple offerings of tuberose, magnolia, plumeria, and marigold made at the altars of the gods, Flor y Canto fills a room with its intoxicating sillage.
—
Ariel Wodarcyk,
InStyle,
28 June 2026
Also the gods are still hot as hell.
—
Antonio G. Di Benedetto,
The Verge,
23 June 2026
The problems begin with the gods.
—
David Denby,
New Yorker,
21 June 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 2 Jul. 2026.
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