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Hercules

noun as in colossus

noun as in giant

noun as in titan

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The box is carved with scenes of the labors of Hercules, while the lid is decorated with monumental reclining figures of the deceased.

Still, Beach said its Hercules well had failed to find natural gas.

The actor also lent her voice as Hera in Disney’s “Hercules,” then reprised the role in the animated classic’s spinoff video game and TV series.

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In 1991, five people were killed when a Hercules transport aircraft crashed on final approach to Alert, 10 miles from the base.

Ms Kaur, who lived in Hercules in the San Francisco Bay Area, worked for two decades as a sari-store seamstress and paid her taxes.

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