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Recent Examples of god
This many unproven arms feels like a defiant dare shouted by someone staring into the eyes of a baseball god.
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Grant Brisbee, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2026
The snake has no personal name but is a feature curling around the rod held by Asclepius, the ancient Greek god of medicine and healing.
—Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Feb. 2026
Influential people can often feel untouchable — just like gods.
—Marta Balaga, Variety, 14 Feb. 2026
Take the 12 days of Christmas, 12 months of the year, 12 zodiac signs, 12 labors of Hercules, 12 gods of Olympus, and 12 tribes of Israel, for example.
—Bailey Allen, Cape Cod Times, 13 Feb. 2026
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Grant Brisbee, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2026
The snake has no personal name but is a feature curling around the rod held by Asclepius, the ancient Greek god of medicine and healing.
—Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Feb. 2026
Influential people can often feel untouchable — just like gods.
—Marta Balaga, Variety, 14 Feb. 2026
Take the 12 days of Christmas, 12 months of the year, 12 zodiac signs, 12 labors of Hercules, 12 gods of Olympus, and 12 tribes of Israel, for example.
—Bailey Allen, Cape Cod Times, 13 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for god
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The bold colors and the imagery − from indigenous symbols such as the Aztec calendar, pyramids, deity Quetzalcoatl and Olmec colossal heads to depictions of the Virgin Mary, Emiliano Zapata, Cesar Chavez and migrant fieldworkers − captivated him.—
Andrés Soto,
USA Today,
19 Feb. 2026
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Time elevates those people and their deeds to the heights of deities, and American gods must be faultless.—
Adam Harris,
The Atlantic,
19 Feb. 2026
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In Kotliarevskyi’s satirical adaptation, the Trojan hero becomes a Cossack, rowdy and earthy.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
21 Feb. 2026
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In Milano Cortina, Hughes is tied for third in assists with six, equaling his childhood hero Duncan Keith for the most assists by a defenseman in a single Olympics tournament in the NHL era.—
Scott M. Reid,
Oc Register,
21 Feb. 2026
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From the colorful, floppy hairstyles of Korean boy band Stray Kids, or the non-binary wardrobes of trailblazing singers like G-Dragon of Big Bang and Seonghwa of ATEEZ, K-pop’s male idols have long fostered diverse expressions of masculinity.—
Kati Chitrakorn,
CNN Money,
19 Feb. 2026
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As the star of Lizzie McGuire, the Disney sitcom that aired from 2001 to 2004 and turned her into a teen idol, Duff never came across as an untouchable diva.—
Stephanie McNeal,
Glamour,
17 Feb. 2026
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Even Ethan Almighty has been affected by the generosity of Supplies Over Seas.—
Kirby Adams,
The Courier-Journal,
7 Aug. 2025
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By the time Laras is making like Linda Blair, malicious jinn power resisting that of Almighty Allah, the film has already gone down a familiar path of grotesque makeup, stunts and digital FX.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
6 Aug. 2025
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The first — Nietzsche’s 1881 Eternal Recurrence — is a life test by design, echoing Camus’ Sisyphus.—
Shai Tubali,
Big Think,
5 Aug. 2025
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Some cultures, Eliade shows, preserve their eternals by simply denying the force of history; in Lyell’s case, the culture at hand was Christianity, and the ideal was the unique status of humankind.—
Lewis Hyde,
Harpers Magazine,
18 June 2025
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“God.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/god. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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