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Adonis

[uh-don-is, uh-doh-nis] / əˈdɒn ɪs, əˈdoʊ nɪs /




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Sharks of Kent is an initiative from Kent Wildlife Trust, led by their marine partners Adonis Blue.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

"The absence of cases here is very reassuring," said Adonis Carvajal, who works for a tour operator.

From BBC ● May 10, 2026

AI health startup Adonis leased a 25,000-square-foot office at 3 World Trade Center during a time when it had only 25 employees.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026

Until the 1990s, that is, when relentless tabloid coverage reinvented him as New York City’s Adonis.

From Salon ● Feb. 12, 2026

She kissed him, but Adonis knew not that she kissed him as he died.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

The matchbooks on display at the library, nostalgic artifacts adorned with images of muscled Adonises and punning slogans, were everyday objects — used and discarded — at the time they were made.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 1, 2019

A stark difference between me and the zero-body-fat Adonises.

From New York Times ● Aug. 15, 2016

When a trend is embraced by both the baby-oiled Adonises of luxury fashion and the ruling-class matrons of the Old World, you know somebody’s doing something wrong.

From New York Times ● Jul. 29, 2010

In this alternate universe, the gods are bronzed-faced Adonises and everyone bleeds yellow and green.

From Washington Post

They are not Apollos, and Venuses, nor Adonises, that knock at painters' doors.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 340, February, 1844 by Various




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