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Medusa

[muh-doo-suh, -zuh, -dyoo-] / məˈdu sə, -zə, -ˈdyu- /


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Its bronze door bears a Medusa head, her open mouth turned into a letter slot.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

Only much later would I realize that it wasn’t so much a smorgasbord of vendors as it was the Gorgon Medusa: When one head is removed, more sprout in its place.

From Slate • Jan. 13, 2026

Tiesto, Medusa and Danny Howard have played Tigerblind's latest track, Battery Operated, in their live sets.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2025

Debi Mazar pops in as a good Medusa, with a scarf tied around her snake hair.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 29, 2024

Seeing them would be worse than staring at the face of Medusa.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan




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