dragon
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Jon: Chinese consumers often call out foreign brands that they feel lazily pander to Chinese tastes—like adding a dragon design and calling it a “Year of the Dragon” shoe.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
Andrew Montlake, chief executive of mortgage broker Coreco, said that the latest data showed that "the inflation dragon has not been fully slain".
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
The DJ, producer and founder of the longtime L.A. record label Stones Throw, who performs as Peanut Butter Wolf, was looking after his daughter’s bearded dragon, Sweet Pea, for the afternoon.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
The team intentionally chose the name Syrax because several traits of the fictional dragon are reflected in the newly described lizard.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 2026
Curled up, the dragon was no bigger than a medium-sized grapefruit, and about as threatening.
From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville
The name blunder earlier this week was part of the Cheshire zoo's ticket promotion to allow visitors to go on a tour showcasing its Sumatran tigers, lions, rhinos and Komodo dragons.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
Another tourist, French painter Carol Odile, said she came with a group of friends, excited to see Komodo dragons in Flores, when she was notified that her flight was cancelled.
From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026
Acanthosaura syrax belongs to a group of agamid lizards known as mountain horned dragons, which are distinguished by the spiny crests that extend along the neck and back.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 2026
“The Dance of the Dragons” does not end well for many of those involved, especially dragons.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
The air was filled with dragons —great beasts of power and majesty, creatures with jeweled eyes and burnished skins.
From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville
Vocabulary lists containing dragon
Ancient Greece: Mythology and Literature - Middle School
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Chinese History - Introductory
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