centaur
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In automation theory, Doctorow writes, a centaur is “a person who is assisted by a machine.”
From Salon • Jun. 22, 2026
No one can convince her otherwise, and she decides to win her spouse back with an enchanted robe that the dying centaur Nessus told her was a love charm.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026
Air pollution is also unlikely for another reason; the centaur head has been indoors in Copenhagen since before the modern industrialization began in the 18th century.
From Science Daily • Jan. 18, 2024
In 2013, astronomers discovered a couple of rings around Chariklo, a body known as a centaur that orbits the sun between Saturn and Uranus.
From New York Times • Feb. 8, 2023
Occasionally a centaur glared through the driver’s side window, saw the zombie driver and backed away in shock.
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
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