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monster

[mon-ster] / ˈmɒn stər /


NOUN
unnatural being
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But then he literally creates a monster, and the whole enterprise becomes utterly reckless and irresponsible and all about his own sort of grandiosity.

From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026

Evans has a theory about why the world sees his partner as a monster: Nobody really knows her.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

"That is exactly what he is. A monster. The monster never wins."

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

HHS’ headquarters was decked out for the event with red, white and blue lighting and posters depicting artificial food dye as a monster.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

“We fed the monster until it blew up.”

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

The documentary format allows them to tell stories about monsters that aren’t imagined.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

With stories of monsters, aliens and time travel, “The Twilight Zone” could look like escapist entertainment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

"It helps me escape reality for a bit, being scared about something that is tangibly scary, like monsters or bats," she added.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

Naftali Bennett, a former prime minister who has denounced Netanyahu for not preventing the attack, joined mourners at Nova to remember the attack by the "monsters" three years ago.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

Suddenly, I find myself replaying every single one of the stories Grandma used to tell me—stories of gods who wove webs of deceit, and of monsters that went bump in the night.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer


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