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monster

[mon-ster] / ˈmɒn stər /


NOUN
unnatural being
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That monster touch-finder set up a final-minute match-winning try from Sam Simmonds.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

Without fail, the miniature version of me would blubber at Sully the polka dot monster reuniting with Boo, and Marlin the clownfish traversing the ocean to find his son.

From Salon • Jun. 6, 2026

The original features “an all-American archetype of a virtuous family pitted against a monster,” while Scorsese depicted a “broken and dysfunctional family and the monster is even more extreme, he’s like a swamp creature.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

And in 2018, another "creepypasta" about gangly, besuited monster "Slender Man" was turned into a feature film that raked in $50 million worldwide.

From Barron's • May 28, 2026

When she was finished, Sue looked like a monster with one shoulder way bigger than the other.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz




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