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Medusa

[muh-doo-suh, -zuh, -dyoo-] / məˈdu sə, -zə, -ˈdju- /


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That role was cut short, however, by Prada's acquisition of the flashy luxury label famous for its Medusa logo, owned by Capri Holdings Limited.

From Barron's Sep. 16, 2026

In the first “Furious” episode, she explains how Medusa, the snake-haired demon who turns men to stone, got that way.

From Salon Sep. 3, 2026

Only much later would I realize that it wasn’t so much a smorgasbord of vendors as it was the Gorgon Medusa: When one head is removed, more sprout in its place.

From Slate Jan. 13, 2026

When the monster emerges in the water tower, a moss-covered, faucet-dripping, steam-seeping laboratory punctuated by a screaming sculpture of Medusa, he’s as old as he is new.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 30, 2025

Just knowing there was light on the other side made it easier to be around all those kids who called me Medusa and talked about school dances.

From "The Thing About Jellyfish" by Ali Benjamin

Wearing a toadstool headdress and a skirt embellished with Medusas, El Beh has one of the most striking looks — though the orange ram’s horns on Trebien Pollard are quite something, too.

From New York Times Jan. 23, 2022

Bruitparif has installed fifty Medusas in the metropolitan area, and will add many more this summer.

From The New Yorker May 6, 2019

The band's final two songs are I Am The King and Medusas "which sounds like it's a Greek myth but is actually about jelly fish".

From BBC Feb. 28, 2019

He wielded his clinical obligation like Perseus’s shield, in which a cavalcade of Medusas lost their stony power.

From The Guardian Sep. 4, 2015

I followed the hissing and spitting sounds of Medusas hair.

From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan




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