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Proteus

[proh-tee-uhs, -tyoos] / ˈproʊ ti əs, -tyus /
NOUN
Jekyll and Hyde
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The Royal Navy is experimenting with various means of combating the threat, such as a new vessel called Proteus, but critics fear much of the damage to Britain's coastal security may already have been done.

From BBC • Nov. 19, 2025

Proteus doesn’t call in sick, doesn’t file workers’ comp and doesn’t require bathroom breaks.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 12, 2025

Three of the passengers were associated with Proteus Aero, a flight school based at the Santa Monica airport.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 12, 2024

Proteus is also expected to have the first underwater greenhouse in the world, so that the lab will be able to grow some of its own food.

From NewsForKids.net • Mar. 25, 2024

Proteus had the power to change himself into any number of different forms.

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




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