centaur

As we discussed what comes next, Hassabis turned the conversation from Go to chess—specifically, centaur chess.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026

In automation theory, Doctorow writes, a centaur is “a person who is assisted by a machine.”

From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026

For reasons that have yet to be explained, parts of the centaur head are coated with a thin brown film, as are several other marble fragments from the Parthenon.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 18, 2024

Grover, it turns out, is a satyr, charged with protecting Percy; Mr. Brunner is really a centaur named Chiron.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 19, 2023

“My people speak of her,” the centaur said.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

Mythical hybrid beasts such as mermaids, centaurs and chimeras testify to our enduring fascination with the plasticity of biological form: the idea that natural organisms can mutate or be reconfigured.

From Scientific American ● May 31, 2023

So far, Osborne has suggested returning a smaller portion of the frieze, as well as carvings of gods and centaurs, as a short-term loan, the person said.

From New York Times ● Jan. 17, 2023

“The woods in ‘Harry Potter’ are controlled by centaurs, the schools are run by wizards and ghosts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 5, 2022

Not human magic; the world of New Mushroomton, where the film is set, is filled with mythical creatures: Trolls, elves and centaurs are just some of the species that share space with one another.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 4, 2020

Then there was a wild chorus of war cries and hooves thundering against metaL A dozen centaurs charged out of the main stairwell “Ponies!”

From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan