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mortal

[mawr-tl] / ˈmɔr tl /




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Coupled with his brother’s recordings, it taught him that art could outlast mortal limitations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026

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

And the midtempo ballad “The Knife” describes a collapsing relationship as a mortal threat, akin to a dagger jabbed into one’s side or a case of kerosene waiting to be ignited.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 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

Now you are trapped here, helpless, while the mortal world dies.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

“Orville and I concluded that mortals should not own land like this,” Niman said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026

That cautious approach provides some reassurance for us mere mortals prone to get spooked.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

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

She held herself raised by her great prosperity above all that ordinary mortals fear and reverence.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton




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