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dragon

noun as in monster

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Named Erebor, after the mountain where the dwarves stored their treasure and which the dragon took over in J.R.R Tolkien’s “The Hobbit,” that new bank won a preliminary regulatory approval Wednesday.

Videos of brightly coloured fireworks that apparently resembled a "rising dragon" erupting over a lush Tibetan landscape had sparked environmental concerns and a boycott campaign.

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The Euros was the pinnacle of my football career, seeing the dragon on the world stage for the first time will be a memory that will stay with me for a lifetime.

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It’s a scene reminiscent of that of Prince Phillip’s final battle with dragon Maleficent, leaving the crowd in awe.

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Scientists say that marks on its skull suggest that the "sword dragon" may have been killed by a bite to the head, possibly inflicted by a much larger species of ichthyosaur.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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