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demon

[dee-muhn] / ˈdi mən /


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But to put the healthcare demon in context: According to federal government data, average annual healthcare costs for those over 65 are currently less than $8,000 a year per person.

From MarketWatch Jul. 17, 2026

These systems support rapid feedback, highly efficient detection, and have already been used to implement quantum versions of Maxwell's demon.

From Science Daily Jul. 3, 2026

“The second one is truly easier,” another emails, “and also likely a demon child if your first is super well behaved.”

From Slate May 10, 2026

Getting back home, though, I’ll need to face the demon again.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 12, 2026

"BZZZZ! BZZZZZZ!" said the fly-faced demon, rising a few feet on its stubby wings with excitement.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda

But in “Event Horizon,” Neill avoids hokeyness in what could otherwise be an extremely hokey film, finding the emotional center in a character whose inner demons become real-life manifestations of Hell.

From Salon Jul. 17, 2026

Bowling an immaculate line and using the demons in the pitch, Archer unnerved Devon Conway with a blow to the helmet and, four balls later, had the left-hander fend to second slip.

From BBC Jun. 27, 2026

The litany hails him as the renowned offspring of David, who handed Christ a king’s lineage and a contested throne, and calls him the terror of demons and the model of artisans.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 18, 2026

Still, 51-year-old Rhys didn’t take Nile’s demons or Tom’s supernatural burden home.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 8, 2026

Angry hissing and the scuttling of clawed feet told him the demons were at their backs.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan




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