demon
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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
The Los Alamos team's quantum "demon" uses information about a quantum system's state and measurement results to produce similarly unusual behavior, effectively reversing the system's natural arrow of time.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 3, 2026
If a person in the diocese comes to fear that they or their loved one has been bodily possessed by a demon, the diocese launches an investigation involving medical, psychological, and psychiatric testing.
From Slate ● Jun. 8, 2026
Getting back home, though, I’ll need to face the demon again.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 12, 2026
His scent would wash away, and neither the stranger wolves nor the demon would smell him.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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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
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
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
The litany hails him as the renowned offspring of David, who handed Christ a king’s lineage and a contested throne, and calls him the terror of demons and the model of artisans.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026
They are yelling and writhing as if they are fighting invisible demons.
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
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