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demon

[dee-muhn] / ˈdi mən /


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“Princess Mononoke” begins with a worm-covered demon attacking a pastoral village, only to be slain by its prince, Ashitaka.

From Salon Jul. 22, 2026

But to put the healthcare demon in context: According to federal government data, average annual healthcare costs for those over 65 are currently less than $8,000 a year per person.

From MarketWatch Jul. 17, 2026

These systems support rapid feedback, highly efficient detection, and have already been used to implement quantum versions of Maxwell's demon.

From Science Daily Jul. 3, 2026

There’s a teleportation device, a handsome demon played by LaKeith Stanfield and skinless stop-motion humans.

From The Wall Street Journal May 27, 2026

I kept an eye on Rasseem, whom I believed had stayed in the caravan as a hateful demon might perch on a shoulder—to do some mischief.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri

The difference this fortnight is that she’s playing on her own terms instead of letting her past demons on the surface interfere.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 2026

He’s also been talking up his belief in demons and drawing attention to how he pushed his wife out of her job as a high-powered lawyer so she could have a fourth baby instead.

From Salon Jun. 26, 2026

As Ms. Fletcher observes, such images suggest that guns were no longer perceived as “the weapon of demons, but of angels.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 19, 2026

Then, 12 years later, Bosnia overcame their play-off demons by beating Wales and then Italy on penalties having trailed to both.

From BBC Jun. 12, 2026

This was the woman whose dark spirits and demons terrified people everywhere at just their mention, the woman who controlled armies of dragons purely by the strength of her own magic.

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley




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