Adonis
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He also worked with emerging regional house music acts, helming A&R for the essential label Trax Records and booked acts like Marshall Jefferson and Adonis at globally prominent nightclubs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
Until the 1990s, that is, when relentless tabloid coverage reinvented him as New York City’s Adonis.
From Salon ● Feb. 12, 2026
For now, though, Mr. Skarsgård has embraced the obvious fact that he is an Adonis.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 5, 2026
Marcus Lewis-Roper opened MLR Adonis Barbers in Bridgnorth seven weeks ago, and will work longer hours - from 09:00 to 21:00 GMT - on 22 December, offering the service to those who need it.
From BBC ● Nov. 21, 2025
“Delicate Adonis is dying, Cytherea, what shall we do? Beat your breasts, maidens, and rend your tunics.”
From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger
The matchbooks on display at the library, nostalgic artifacts adorned with images of muscled Adonises and punning slogans, were everyday objects — used and discarded — at the time they were made.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 1, 2019
A stark difference between me and the zero-body-fat Adonises.
From New York Times ● Aug. 15, 2016
When a trend is embraced by both the baby-oiled Adonises of luxury fashion and the ruling-class matrons of the Old World, you know somebody’s doing something wrong.
From New York Times ● Jul. 29, 2010
In this alternate universe, the gods are bronzed-faced Adonises and everyone bleeds yellow and green.
From Washington Post
They are not Apollos, and Venuses, nor Adonises, that knock at painters' doors.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 340, February, 1844 by Various
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Reading: Literature - Mythology - Middle School
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