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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

Syn proudly sent me a link to a US public warning about Medusa which was put out in March.

From BBC • Sep. 29, 2025

Looking at Medusa, the hideous woman with snakes for hair, might turn the viewer to stone, but there’s power in offending the eye—or at least rejecting the pressure to be decorative.

From Slate • Oct. 28, 2024

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

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 29, 2024

They told him which one was Medusa and that was important, for she alone of the three could be killed; the other two were immortal.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton




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