the supreme personification of evil often represented as the ruler of hell
some people believe that Satan can successfully tempt almost anyone with lies and flattery
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Recent Examples of SatanFollowing South Park's season 27 premiere — which also depicted Trump in bed with his lover on the show, Satan — the White House fired back.—Meredith Kile, People.com, 20 Aug. 2025 The third episode of this season’s South Park once again went all in at Donald Trump, skewering his takeover of Washington, D.C. while positing that even Satan wants to escape from him.—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 20 Aug. 2025 Trump happily takes the gifts to bed with Satan… but Satan is looking for a way out of this toxic relationship.—Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 20 Aug. 2025 The teaser once again depicts the president with reluctant lover Satan, but this time also involves ICE as well as a woman who appears to be Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.—Frank Digiacomo, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019 See All Example Sentences for Satan
Is chocolate devil’s food cake with ganache your favorite birthday cake?
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Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Mar. 2026
Its theme — that the rich are different, and in not-good ways — meant she’d be forced into a ritualistic game of hide-and-seek, running for her life from her devil-worshipping, masters-of-the-world in-laws.
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Michael Ordoña,
San Francisco Chronicle,
18 Mar. 2026
And if a mother kept a piece of jasper on hand throughout her child’s infancy, they would both be protected from malign spirits of the air and from the tongue of the ancient serpent that was hell‑bent on ensnaring newborns.
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Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 Mar. 2026
At the Mayan site Chichen Itza in Mexico, people gather during the equinox to watch the sun create a shadow pattern that resembles a serpent descending a pyramid called El Castillo.