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Recent Examples of demigod
In Percy Jackson and the Olympians, the Disney+ series adapted from Rick Riordan's bestselling book series, Walker Scobell plays the titular character, a demigod navigating the dangerous world of gods and monsters.
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Julia Moore, PEOPLE, 9 Jan. 2026
My colleague Bryan Alexander talked with 16-year-old Walker Scobell, who plays the title demigod (and son of Poseidon) and grew up a lot between the two seasons.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 12 Dec. 2025
The Moana trailer offers the first look at the denizens of Motunui, Johnson’s shape-shifting demigod Maui and the intimidating tribe of Kakamora.
—Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 17 Nov. 2025
The Knight learns that Hallownest was originally founded by a great Wyrm, who abandoned his almighty shell to take a smaller form, that of a demigod known as the Pale King.
—Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
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Julia Moore, PEOPLE, 9 Jan. 2026
My colleague Bryan Alexander talked with 16-year-old Walker Scobell, who plays the title demigod (and son of Poseidon) and grew up a lot between the two seasons.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 12 Dec. 2025
The Moana trailer offers the first look at the denizens of Motunui, Johnson’s shape-shifting demigod Maui and the intimidating tribe of Kakamora.
—Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 17 Nov. 2025
The Knight learns that Hallownest was originally founded by a great Wyrm, who abandoned his almighty shell to take a smaller form, that of a demigod known as the Pale King.
—Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for demigod
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Centered on Zhong Kui, the iconic demon-quelling deity of Chinese folklore, the family-friendly adventure follows a young human girl named Chujiu who accidentally enters the underworld.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
1 June 2026
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In many ways, Rue’s fate had long been sealed, thanks to both her own personal demons and her tense spot between DEA agents and the crime boss Alamo (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje).—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
1 June 2026
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Hart wanted the music to feel like something an immortal would want to sing for decades, an idea inspired by Hart’s time opening for Bowie as part of the indie band the Polyphonic Spree in 2004 and watching Bowie perform 33-year-old songs each night.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
2 June 2026
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Sánchez extended his scoreless streak Wednesday against the San Diego Padres to break baseball immortal Grover Cleveland Alexander's franchise record of 41 innings, set in 1911.—
Tom Dougherty,
CBS News,
27 May 2026
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Da Messina’s Annunciation famously excises the angel Gabriel, while Ghirri’s version further edits the event by also obscuring the Virgin herself.—
James Quandt,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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So are Western destroying angel mushroom, which have creamy white caps and white gills.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
1 June 2026
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Jacobs-Jenkins cannot help noting that among that generation of Bible-quoting civil rights worthies are enough sins of the father to burden a host of sons.—
Jesse Green,
New York Times,
18 Mar. 2025
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Martin Luther King, Senator J. William Fulbright, and California Gov. Pat Brown all said so and who would know better than these worthies?—
Walter E Block,
Orange County Register,
13 Feb. 2025
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Blending Old World charm with modern hospitality, Pella offers an inviting escape steeped in culture, history and warm community spirit.—
Staff,
USA Today,
8 June 2026
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Originally from Long Island, New York, and shaped by 20 years in southern Arizona, her work examines the intersection of wild landscapes, small-town culture, and the spirit of adventure.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 June 2026
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Emery’s eminence in Europe has been predicated on managing two-legged contests, knowing that the pace and rhythm is different.—
Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
1 May 2026
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But in discharging this function, poets are in danger of slighting another imperative, namely, to redress poetry as poetry, to set it up as its own category, an eminence established and a pressure exercised by distinctly linguistic means.—
Nick Laird,
The New York Review of Books,
25 Apr. 2026
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The baseball gods smile kindly upon Suplizio Field every Memorial Day Weekend.—
James Burky,
Denver Post,
29 May 2026
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Lockyer named it helium, after Helios, the Greek god of the sun.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
28 May 2026
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Now Crosswhite can acknowledge the beauty in the art, respect the workers who crafted the carvings, and appreciate the opportunity to tell a story larger than the monument itself.—
Arati Menon,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 June 2026
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In February, it was reported that the National Park Service will exhibit a decommissioned equestrian monument of a slaveholding signatory of the Declaration of Independence.—
Greg Allen,
ARTnews.com,
7 June 2026
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“Demigod.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/demigod. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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