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mortal

[mawr-tl] / ˈmɔr tl /




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The movie, starring Amelia Eve, Brandon Perea and Maisie Richardson-Sellers, follows the story of a young woman who can bring spirits into the mortal world but is herself haunted.

From Barron's Aug. 23, 2026

Monsters though Lestat and his makers and progeny may be, they were all mortal once, and that seed of humanity still exists inside of them or, in Claudia’s case, around them.

From Salon Jul. 21, 2026

Unlike in Homer or even “Clash of the Titans,” which showed the gods as toga-clad twits toying with mortal lives like action figures, they have little, if anything, to do in this plot.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 15, 2026

Graham shuttles off this mortal coil with no such vindication.

From Slate Jul. 13, 2026

Never did I see such baffled malice on a face; and never, I trust, shall such ever be seen again by mortal eyes.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

However, Huppert emphasised the social symbolism of a vampire aristocracy that draws its power by feeding on ordinary mortals.

From Barron's Feb. 18, 2026

There’s a wicked irony in micromanaging your entire life on Earth only to croak and have your soul potentially jettisoned to some formless state of being, entirely unknown to mere mortals.

From Salon Nov. 27, 2025

The Windsors’ world is far from that of ordinary mortals, but no measure of diplomacy, alas, seems sufficient to repair such a tear in a family’s fabric.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 2, 2025

It’s not just us mere mortals trying to wrap our brains around these mind-boggling numbers, as one of the world’s biggest hedge funds seems dumbfounded.

From MarketWatch Oct. 22, 2025

The area was strangely deserted—as if the mortals could sense it wasn’t safe.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan




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