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Recent Examples of god
Apophis is named for an ancient god in Greek mythology for the sheer devastation its impact with Earth would bring.
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Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 16 Apr. 2026
Bohm, who erected a shrine to the baseball gods using spare bats in an empty locker adjacent to his, just embodies the frustration.
—Matt Gelb, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2026
Maybe the universe wasn’t on her side—would a benevolent god send Russ Sutton onto Cherry’s path?
—Literary Hub, 15 Apr. 2026
And if the basketball gods were just, the Warriors would be provided a play-in loss — Wednesday or Friday, either will do — and lottery luck.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 13 Apr. 2026
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Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 16 Apr. 2026
Bohm, who erected a shrine to the baseball gods using spare bats in an empty locker adjacent to his, just embodies the frustration.
—Matt Gelb, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2026
Maybe the universe wasn’t on her side—would a benevolent god send Russ Sutton onto Cherry’s path?
—Literary Hub, 15 Apr. 2026
And if the basketball gods were just, the Warriors would be provided a play-in loss — Wednesday or Friday, either will do — and lottery luck.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 13 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for god
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In 2023, the Milk Carton Kids had another pinnacle moment when creating their own event, the Los Angeles Folk Festival, wanting to bring together the voices behind the treasured musical storyteller tradition in a city often preoccupied with Sunset Strip rock deities and annual jaunts to Coachella.—
Selena Fragassi,
SPIN,
24 Apr. 2026
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The pawangs—who came from a variety of Malay, Tamil, or Arab Muslim backgrounds—also understood themselves as negotiating for safe passage with non-Muslim divinities, including the Hindu deities Shiva, Indra, Krishna, and Vishnu.—
H.M.A. Leow,
JSTOR Daily,
24 Apr. 2026
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Yet if Charlie Baker walked into that convention hall on Saturday, he no doubt would be hailed as a hero.—
Joe Battenfeld,
Boston Herald,
25 Apr. 2026
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But the hero from those wins was dressed in a crisp white T-shirt and gray pants Friday.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Apr. 2026
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Cecilio Waterman celebrated his stoppage-time winner by running to Thierry Henry, who was there as a TV pundit, hugging him and telling him Henry was his idol.—
Jack Pitt-Brooke,
New York Times,
22 Apr. 2026
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The movie is a surreal story about the life of a hero (voiced by professional rapper Ace Cool) who, in his youth, becomes a J-pop idol.—
Wilson Chapman,
IndieWire,
21 Apr. 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 27 Apr. 2026.
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