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dragon

[drag-uhn] / ˈdræg ən /
NOUN
monster
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Lore is a dragon, and this dragon is made of books.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

But now that the dragon has been captured, Rajapaksa doesn’t know what his new special will look like.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

Nike’s Zoom Court Dragon, a basketball shoe with a dragon’s scale pattern released in 2022, was criticized for its $130 price tag and relying on the tired dragon motif to connect with Chinese customers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

Murdoch appeared before the entrepreneurs accompanied by a large painting of a dragon - which he had created for the show.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

Standing there without the dragon he looked—as his mother had said— ridiculously twitchy.

From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville

Her manager told her that people would probably be more interested in her memoir before a series centering on magic and dragons, so she started writing her own story two years ago.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

Another tourist, French painter Carol Odile, said she came with a group of friends, excited to see Komodo dragons in Flores, when she was notified that her flight was cancelled.

From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026

Acanthosaura syrax belongs to a group of agamid lizards known as mountain horned dragons, which are distinguished by the spiny crests that extend along the neck and back.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 2026

Evans came out to a big roar and produced the trademark dragons symbol of the Welsh team before bursting out laughing.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

I can’t explain it to them, I don’t understand it myself, but it feels like this is what I’m meant to do—like the real reason I studied up on dragons was for this moment.

From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas


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