cyclopean
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In the past, authors like August Derleth and Stephen King have mostly tried to ignore the prejudice, concentrating instead on Lovecraft’s vision of a grotesque universe bent on humanity’s destruction and the joys of his clotted, tentacular, Cyclopean prose.
From The Verge
The idea led to the Fast Outgoing Cyclopean Astronomical Lens mission, proposed to the European Space Agency in 1993.
From Science Magazine
Like the lamp of a lighthouse which no longer turns but is stuck in a single, cyclopean beam of panic, it signaled a danger which would instantly be confirmed by a hushed voice or a footfall on the landing.
From Slate
A symbolic statue of a mythical Portlandia sporting a trident knelt below a Cyclopean keystone.
From New York Times
What, though, to make of the mantis, owner of the cyclopean ear?
From Scientific American
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