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demon

[dee-muhn] / ˈdi mən /


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“If I dont get it refunded I will not be able to purchase tickets to the actual ‘K pop demon hunters show,’” the email read.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026

"I wanted a villain that was different," said director Chase, who was looking to create a charismatic demon.

From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026

Durango’s Quinn Simmons continues to race like a mustached demon, and it’s a little baffling his Lidl-Trek team isn’t more committed to setting him loose to get the stage win he’s clearly eager to take.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026

“Princess Mononoke” begins with a worm-covered demon attacking a pastoral village, only to be slain by its prince, Ashitaka.

From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026

Dad sets the cage on her desk as the demon claws at the metal bars.

From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas

The resulting movie, which opens in US theaters on Friday, promises to take audiences into the Further -- and bring back the demons who live there.

From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026

In staging Aithra’s magical manifestations, Mr. Räth and choreographer Catherine Galasso made their inner demons visible.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

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

Dan Sullivan — and, no, it’s not about a candidate living a double life or wrestling demons within himself.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026

One of Nergal's demons had broken through the debris.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda


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