hydra
Example Sentences
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"In 20 years, and despite the resolute efforts of our police officers, gendarmes, judges, teachers and elected officials, the antisemitic hydra has kept advancing," he said.
From Barron's • Feb. 13, 2026
“Like the hydra, when you cut one head off and two more grow in its place. That’s what all of us are working towards.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 24, 2023
This suggests that evolution plays around with these chemical pathways, altering them over the hundreds of millions of years since the hydra and human lineages diverged from each other on the evolutionary tree.
From Scientific American • Jun. 16, 2023
"Greek football is a hydra with many heads. You cut one, others emerge."
From BBC • Feb. 23, 2022
“We’ll consider this a dress rehearsal. Shall I unleash the hydra onto the Spanish Steps now?”
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
