god
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Brisk of step and sharp of mind despite his years and the hot winds that whip the castle, he stood at the foundations of a temple dedicated to Haldi, the warrior god of gods.
From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026
"Oh my god, my house is chaos," she laughs.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
The name combines Eosphorus, the Greek god known as the "dawn-bringer," with the Greek word "soukhos," meaning crocodile.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 30, 2026
A chorus of “oohs!” rang around the field, and one teammate said, “Oh my god, Carter … you got knocked on your ass!”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
He didn’t trust this weird god with the hoop and the wings and the basket of fruit.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
Harbour: Traditionally in art, there’s two realities in us — part of us is gods and part of us is animals.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
These odd phenomena convinced ancient cultures that eclipses were signs of the apocalypse -- or messages from the gods.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
That sum would barely make a difference to the football gods in England, Spain or France, but would been enormous in Malawi or Madagascar.
From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2026
In this middle area, too, a landscape and the sea, also associated with Incan gods, are visible above a stone wall much like those the Incas built.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
At the time of the Gelidonya wreck, people also “threw” knucklebones to receive a sign from the gods.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
This last old man, Whom with a crack'd heart I haue sent to Rome, Lou'd me, aboue the measure of a Father, Nay godded me indeed.
From Coriolanus by William Shakespeare
This last old man, Whom with crack'd heart I have sent to Rome, Lov'd me above the measure of a father; Nay, godded me indeed.
From Coriolanus by William Shakespeare
The earth not paeans thee, nor serves thy hest, Be godded not by Heaven! avert thy face, And leave to blank disgrace The oblivious world! unsceptre thee of state and place!
From New Poems by Francis Thompson
Vocabulary lists containing god
Reading: Literature - Mythology - Introductory
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Reading: Literature - Mythology - Middle School
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Ancient Greece: Mythology and Literature - Middle School
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