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Medusa

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


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Its bronze door bears a Medusa head, her open mouth turned into a letter slot.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 30, 2026

Storied designer Donatella Versace stepped down as the brand's creative chief in March after 27 years at the fashion company, known for its glamorous styles and the iconic Medusa head logo.

From BBC Dec. 3, 2025

Did you watch “Kaos,” the short-lived Netflix series from Charlie Covell that starred Jeff Goldblum as Zeus and Debi Mazar as Medusa?

From Los Angeles Times May 14, 2025

Looking at Medusa, the hideous woman with snakes for hair, might turn the viewer to stone, but there’s power in offending the eye—or at least rejecting the pressure to be decorative.

From Slate Oct. 28, 2024

The class quieted down, but I knew that from now on, my nickname would be Medusa.

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

Medusas are the successors of Bruitparif’s first-generation sensors, called Sonopodes, which rely on expensive components imported from Japan.

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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