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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

He still had a plane hangared there and was friends with people at Proteus.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 12, 2024

The Proteus lab will be 10 times as large as Aquarius.

From NewsForKids.net • Mar. 25, 2024

There he seized Proteus and did not let him go, in spite of the terrible forms he assumed, until the god was discouraged and returned to his own shape.

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




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