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Jon: Chinese consumers often call out foreign brands that they feel lazily pander to Chinese tastes—like adding a dragon design and calling it a “Year of the Dragon” shoe.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 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

Andrew Montlake, chief executive of mortgage broker Coreco, said that the latest data showed that "the inflation dragon has not been fully slain".

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

The breath of a dragon won’t save them but a warm coat will.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026

He wanted to tell his mother that he would hold still if only the dragon would do the same.

From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville

The name blunder earlier this week was part of the Cheshire zoo's ticket promotion to allow visitors to go on a tour showcasing its Sumatran tigers, lions, rhinos and Komodo dragons.

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 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

That era produced the “four little dragons of AI,” computer-vision startups including SenseTime that trained many of the engineers active in AI today.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

Of course, there was probably no such thing as dragons, but there might be.

From "A Boy Called Bat" by Elana K. Arnold