centaur

In automation theory, Doctorow writes, a centaur is “a person who is assisted by a machine.”

From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026

No one can convince her otherwise, and she decides to win her spouse back with an enchanted robe that the dying centaur Nessus told her was a love charm.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 2026

Air pollution is also unlikely for another reason; the centaur head has been indoors in Copenhagen since before the modern industrialization began in the 18th century.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 18, 2024

In 2013, astronomers discovered a couple of rings around Chariklo, a body known as a centaur that orbits the sun between Saturn and Uranus.

From New York Times ● Feb. 8, 2023

There, in the center of the trees, bending over a cauldron on a fire, was the centaur.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

Mythical hybrid beasts such as mermaids, centaurs and chimeras testify to our enduring fascination with the plasticity of biological form: the idea that natural organisms can mutate or be reconfigured.

From Scientific American ● May 31, 2023

‘Fantasia’ Hippos and gators and centaurs, oh my!

From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2022

The centaurs have powers like the ability to become handsome for eight seconds, shoot tiny versions of themselves from their hoofs and other silly magical spells that will delight young children.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 11, 2021

But most men don’t find peace imagining themselves as centaurs.

From New York Times ● Feb. 15, 2021

Some of the Death Eaters called insults at the centaurs as they left them behind.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling