Venus
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As it grows, it will engulf Mercury, Venus and possibly Earth.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 16, 2026
Serena Williams made a brief and much-discussed return at Wimbledon, exiting singles in the first round, then dropping out from doubles with sister Venus with a knee injury.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
As a 15-year-old, the American announced herself to the tennis world by upsetting five-time Wimbledon champion Venus Williams on her way to the fourth round.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
Serena Williams' hopes of playing alongside older sister Venus in the Wimbledon doubles look in doubt after she injured her knee in her singles comeback.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
But suddenly they caught sight of two doves, the birds of Venus.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
Pruitt sees “a fertile space of reflection” between his two Venuses.
From New York Times ● Nov. 1, 2022
The chaos of three time zones and daylight saving couldn’t stop us from deconstructing the lens of art history, which, McCormack argues, wants to confine women to four categories: Venuses, mothers, damsels or monsters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 18, 2021
For now, studying Venus up close may be the only route to reliable estimates of which is more common in the cosmos: Earths or Venuses.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 2, 2021
Like his sad-eyed Venuses who float just beyond reality, this young man has his mind on the infinite.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 25, 2020
His women have none of that soft, easy, and attractive air, which many other painters have found the secret of imparting, not only to their Venuses and Graces, but to their Madonnas and Saints.
From Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects and Curiosities of Art (Vol. 3 of 3) by Spooner, Shearjashub
