a being having superhuman powers and control over a particular part of life or the world
in some belief systems, natural forces like the wind and the sea were gods
a person who is the object of extreme or uncritical devotion
in the eyes of many film critics, Alfred Hitchcock is one of the undisputed gods of cinema
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Recent Examples of godThe Odyssey without gods is a bold twist on the source material, but Nolan plants the seeds throughout his adaptation.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
17 July 2026 Hurst had been set to play Kratos, the titular god of war, and Prime Video even released a first look at Hurst in the role this past February.—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
17 July 2026 This version centers a guilt-racked and traumatized Odysseus—and leaves gods and fates, mystery and wonder largely out of the picture.—
Caroline Mimbs Nyce,
New Yorker,
17 July 2026 Kratos, the Greek god of war known as the Ghost of Sparta, now lives in Scandinavia with his son, Atreus (Vinson).—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
17 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for god
Yet behind the festive atmosphere lies a tradition rooted in the worship of deities and rituals of protection.
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ABC News,
ABC News,
19 July 2026
The Greek myths are rife with petty and meddlesome deities squabbling, playing favorites, punishing harshly, and otherwise wreaking havoc on the lives of mortal men.
Even Ethan Almighty has been affected by the generosity of Supplies Over Seas.
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Kirby Adams,
The Courier-Journal,
7 Aug. 2025
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.
Adidas reportedly spent $67 million on its hero film, Backyard Legends, while Nike also splashed heavily on talent — Kim Kardashian, Kylian Mbappé, Central Cee, and LeBron James, among others — for its competing short, Rip the Script.
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Joe Bobowicz,
Vogue,
16 July 2026
But the version of the classical hero that the film conjures up nevertheless embodies the great preoccupation of Nolan’s filmography.
The first — Nietzsche’s 1881 Eternal Recurrence — is a life test by design, echoing Camus’ Sisyphus.
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Shai Tubali,
Big Think,
5 Aug. 2025
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.
This is a wickedly precise rendering of a young, self-destructive heroine worshiping at the altar of a false idol—and narrated in hindsight, from her later, more perspicacious vantage.
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Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 July 2026
Seger, his longtime idol, took notice, and invited him to open.
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