demon
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The door closes behind him as a demon yells, “Coffee break’s over! Back on your heads!”
From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2026
The festival coincides with Vijayadashami, celebrated in eastern, southern and other parts of India, to honour goddess Durga slaying the buffalo demon Mahishasura.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
On Halloween Eve, Cinespia will screen “Jennifer’s Body,” the Diablo Cody-penned 2009 film starring Megan Fox as a boy-chomping demon.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Durango’s Quinn Simmons continues to race like a mustached demon, and it’s a little baffling his Lidl-Trek team isn’t more committed to setting him loose to get the stage win he’s clearly eager to take.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
To tell me that I had already a wife is empty mockery: you know now that I had but a hideous demon.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
The resulting movie, which opens in US theaters on Friday, promises to take audiences into the Further -- and bring back the demons who live there.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
In staging Aithra’s magical manifestations, Mr. Räth and choreographer Catherine Galasso made their inner demons visible.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
Dan Sullivan — and, no, it’s not about a candidate living a double life or wrestling demons within himself.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026
Bowling an immaculate line and using the demons in the pitch, Archer unnerved Devon Conway with a blow to the helmet and, four balls later, had the left-hander fend to second slip.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026
My dad said, “Stay here,” and ran around to the entrance, to see if it was one of those demons who hide behind the hedgerows.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
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