centaur
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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 their investigations, the research team was allowed to take five small samples from the back of the centaur head.
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
Even Chiron the centaur was dressed for war.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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
‘Fantasia’ Hippos and gators and centaurs, oh my!
From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2022
The centaurs have powers like the ability to become handsome for eight seconds, shoot tiny versions of themselves from their hoofs and other silly magical spells that will delight young children.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 11, 2021
The centaurs were like nothing Nico had ever seen.
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
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