lamiae

variants or lamias
plural of lamia

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Noun
  • Hugh Jackman has fought mutants, slayed vampires and gone toe-to-toe dancing with Zac Efron.
    Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 17 June 2026
  • Southern Ontario is, famously, where the vampires hang out.
    Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 15 June 2026
Noun
  • For me, the purpose of art is to come to grips with the demons of the past, present, and future; to give form to chaos; to enable us to process fear; and to conceive of a different, more humane future.
    Zehra Jumabhoy, Artforum, 25 June 2026
  • There are highs and lows, angels and demons.
    Steve Buckley, New York Times, 23 June 2026
Noun
  • Night of the Living Dead centers all the action at a farmhouse, where seven people attempt to ward off the ghouls — without any prior knowledge of how to do so.
    Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 5 June 2026
  • Created by a number of its stars, Ghosts originated on the BBC in 2019, following a group of ghouls from different historical periods haunting a country house while sharing the house with its new living occupants.
    Max Goldbart, Deadline, 25 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The killing scenes of the regime were so fresh in my nightmares when the war began and now the sound of airstrikes and fighter jets added to them.
    Somayeh Malekian, ABC News, 18 June 2026
  • Older children may have panic attacks, nightmares, and difficulty focusing, Mendoza said.
    Claudia Boyd-Barrett, CBS News, 18 June 2026
Noun
  • The island village is beset by sea hags, serial killers, creepy clowns and other evils that interfere with Tom’s dream of turning Widow’s Bay into a Martha’s Vineyard-like tourist destination.
    Alison Herman, Variety, 17 June 2026
  • Martha’s Vineyard also has knife-wielding men in masks and creepy sea hags!
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
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“Lamiae.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lamiae. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.

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