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rex

[reks, reks] / rɛks, rɛks /


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“Run, Denise!” is the kind of unhelpful remark, delivered by Greg when his wife is already well aware that a T. rex is bearing down on her, that defines the dialogue.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

They and the other dinosaurs — a T. rex, an armored ankylosaurus, a sight-gag-worthy giant snake — adapt to the 20th century as comfortably as coyotes, skulking through backyards in search of prey.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

Tyrannosaurus rex was an imposing predator, while dinosaurs such as Apatosaurus reached truly massive proportions.

From Science Daily Aug. 9, 2026

Nearly 30 years later, on Tuesday, another T. rex will make an appearance at the annual auction - one of the most complete specimens of this kind ever found.

From BBC Jul. 11, 2026

"My mom called. She's—how can I put this? Do you remember the T. rex in Jurassic Park? She makes him look serene. She's that kind of angry."

From "The Sky at Our Feet" by Nadia Hashimi

The crine profuso and barba demissa of the reges crinitos, as the Merovingians were called, are often referred to by ancient chroniclers.

From Travels through France and Italy by T. (Tobias) Smollett

The achivi is the people, and the McClellanists are the reges.

From Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 by Adam G. de Gurowski, Count

Certainly German progress shows that the Germans can have no ground to quote: “Quicquid delirant reges, plectuntur Achivi,” of their Emperor.

From Germany and the Germans From an American Point of View by Price Collier

On his refusing this honour, Mary wrote, or caused to be written, the following lines in Latin and French:   Sunt comites, ducesque alii; sunt denique reges;   Sethom dominum sit satis esse mihi.

From The Abbot by Sir Walter Scott

"Et nunc, reges, intelligite; erudimini, qui judicatis terram:" Understand now, ye kings of the earth; learn, ye who judge the world.

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 5 by Hamilton Wright Mabie




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