sphinx
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The Riddle of the Sphinx flashed through my mind: What walks on four feet in the morning, two at noon and three at night?
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025
He soon realized that the icon’s reputation as a Sphinx was well-deserved.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 28, 2024
So goes the riddle of the Sphinx, and the answer, as Oedipus discerned, is man: crawling as an infant, bipedal as an adult, walking with a cane in old age.
From New York Times • Mar. 29, 2024
This week, host June Thomas talks to Anna Shechtman, a crossword puzzle creator whose new book is called The Riddles of the Sphinx: Inheriting the Feminist History of the Crossword Puzzle.
From Slate • Mar. 3, 2024
The Sphinx bared her claws, which gleamed like stainless steel.
From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan
Vocabulary lists containing sphinx
Ancient Egypt - Introductory
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Reading: Literature - Mythology - Introductory
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