heathen
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"Heathen" is a story about religion but also about race, colonialism, empire and identity — particularly American identity.
From Salon • Jul. 4, 2022
Or one of the Great Heathen Army — Viking warriors from Scandinavia — that invaded England by the thousands and set up camp outside, conquering what was then the Kingdom of Mercia.
From Washington Post • Jul. 17, 2021
Epona Heathen, 33, used to have a different name and used to live in Oakland, Calif., working at a thrift store.
From New York Times • Mar. 5, 2020
Bowie Unseen includes pictures of the singer taken during the photo shoot for Heathen, as well as images of Bowie with wolves, which Klinko created for a 2002 GQ magazine cover.
From BBC • May 20, 2016
Artemis in Sierra is as good in its way as the Heathen Chinee, and the very different metre employed in that poem is made equally effective as the vehicle of irony and burlesque.
From The Life of Bret Harte With Some Account of the California Pioneers by Merwin, Henry Childs
Vocabulary lists containing heathen
"Beowulf," Vocabulary from the epic poem
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 20–25
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