centaur
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As we discussed what comes next, Hassabis turned the conversation from Go to chess—specifically, centaur chess.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026
In automation theory, Doctorow writes, a centaur is “a person who is assisted by a machine.”
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 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 another hall, art students sketched a sculpture of a centaur from the Parthenon Marbles.
From New York Times ● Sep. 1, 2023
“The centaur is easy to find. He’s in the forest.”
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
“The woods in ‘Harry Potter’ are controlled by centaurs, the schools are run by wizards and ghosts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 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
Some babies have two daddies and some babies have two mommies, even if those mommies happen to be centaurs or elves.
From Slate ● Feb. 21, 2020
The corridor was flanked on both sides by marble statues of creatures: nymphs and dryads, armed centaurs, a unicorn.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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