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trident

[trahyd-nt] / ˈtraɪd nt /


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The Kings’ success will rest in how well Los Angeles adapts to Laviolette’s coaching trident.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026

Some fought with only a trident; some fought mounted on horseback; some on chariot; others on foot with helmet and short sword; some with two daggers; still others exclusively fought wild beasts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026

Salah formed one part of an attacking trident that was as potent as anything in world football at the time, alongside Sadio Mane and Roberto Firmino.

From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2026

He notes that the merfolk Laios wants to eat holds a trident as a weapon, making the conclusion that merfolk are smart enough to use tools.

From Salon ● Apr. 28, 2024

In the middle of all this, proudly displayed on the side of the spectator’s wall, was something that made no sense to me—a green banner with the trident of Poseidon in the center.

From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan

Many carried swords and tridents and one held aloft a silver staff with a snake head.

From BBC ● Jan. 13, 2025

Fair enough, until I look around the restaurant and notice how many visual distractions there are, including all shapes and sizes of tridents.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 17, 2023

Worship in a Hindu temple includes bathing these deities in milk, decorating them with colorful clothes, flowers, perfumes such as sandalwood, jewelry, and even weapons such as swords, clubs and tridents.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 16, 2023

The scientists measured various Walliserops specimens’ tridents and compared them with those of living rhinoceros beetles, which have elaborate headgear that males use to battle one another.

From New York Times ● Jan. 16, 2023

And swimming through the streets, hanging out in the courtyards, practicing combat with tridents and swords in the arena were dozens of mermen and mermaids—honest-to-goodness fish-people.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan


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