demon
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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
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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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