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Recent Examples of god
The under-25 foundation here is reasonably solid, especially if the lottery gods cooperate next week.
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Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026
An impressive theater Each of the three stories of the West Theater was surrounded by 16 columns, between which statues of gods were displayed, often depicting scenes from Homer’s epics.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 26 Apr. 2026
But if the weather gods smile upon you, the Root River State Water Trail provides a gentle to moderate flow past bluffs, pastureland, and small towns.
—Robin Pfeifer, Midwest Living, 23 Apr. 2026
Empires before the Persians, like the Egyptians and the Assyrians, forced people to bow to their gods and adopt their ways.
—Big Think, 23 Apr. 2026
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Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026
An impressive theater Each of the three stories of the West Theater was surrounded by 16 columns, between which statues of gods were displayed, often depicting scenes from Homer’s epics.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 26 Apr. 2026
But if the weather gods smile upon you, the Root River State Water Trail provides a gentle to moderate flow past bluffs, pastureland, and small towns.
—Robin Pfeifer, Midwest Living, 23 Apr. 2026
Empires before the Persians, like the Egyptians and the Assyrians, forced people to bow to their gods and adopt their ways.
—Big Think, 23 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for god
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The cult’s deity, a skeleton shrouded in a hooded robe, resembles a morbid inversion of the Virgin Mary, often blessed with tequila and marijuana smoke.—
Chris Wiley,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2026
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The ritual complex, dedicated to the local deity Pelusios, was found at Tell el-Farama in North Sinai.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
28 Apr. 2026
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Ohm is an unlikely hero, but the nagging mystery gets its hooks into him, and the only way out is through.—
Katie Walsh,
Twin Cities,
2 May 2026
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Trent’s obsession with his literary hero, Silas Hale, is one for the ages.—
Laura Zigman,
PEOPLE,
2 May 2026
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Wearing number 12 as a direct tribute to his idol doesn’t hurt the parallel, either.—
Taylor Stoddard,
Robb Report,
6 May 2026
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Turning against the influence of Martin Heidegger, then the idol of German philosophy despite his collaboration with the Nazi regime, the young Habermas found a mentor in Theodor Adorno, a radical social critic who spent the Nazi period in exile.—
Adam Kirsch,
The Atlantic,
3 May 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 8 May. 2026.
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