centaur
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The result was a new breed of centaur: half-man, half-machine.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026
In automation theory, Doctorow writes, a centaur is “a person who is assisted by a machine.”
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026
For their investigations, the research team was allowed to take five small samples from the back of the centaur head.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 18, 2024
In another hall, art students sketched a sculpture of a centaur from the Parthenon Marbles.
From New York Times ● Sep. 1, 2023
The ways of the centaur are shrouded in mystery.
From "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" by J.K. Rowling
Mythical hybrid beasts such as mermaids, centaurs and chimeras testify to our enduring fascination with the plasticity of biological form: the idea that natural organisms can mutate or be reconfigured.
From Scientific American ● May 31, 2023
So far, Osborne has suggested returning a smaller portion of the frieze, as well as carvings of gods and centaurs, as a short-term loan, the person said.
From New York Times ● Jan. 17, 2023
Ancient Egyptians had the Sphinx, a human-lion-falcon mashup akin to mythical Greco-Roman centaurs and fauns.
From Slate ● Feb. 14, 2022
As wonderfully whimsical and weird the show’s world may be, then, Horse and her story — as well as the magical centaurs — remain very much grounded.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2021
Veteran demigods from the city had joined the battle, and were pushing their shield wall against an onslaught of wild centaurs.
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
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Reading: Literature - Mythology - Introductory
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