sphinx
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The banker operated like a sphinx at the center of some of the most interesting and polarizing events in our history.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
While the 11 rival candidates crisscrossed the central African country pressing the flesh ahead of the October 12 vote, Biya's campaign has been largely virtual, true to his reputation as a secretive "sphinx".
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2025
The Czech entrepreneur has been described as a "quiet sphinx" for his inscrutable style.
From BBC ● Dec. 16, 2024
A bronze “Sentinel,” its surface featuring a rich black patina, transforms a traditional sphinx motif.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2024
Untroubled by the sphinx, the griffin, one of life’s great anticipators, quivered with hope at what might come.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
We no longer write of ideæ, chori, asyla, musea, sphinges, specimina for ideas, choruses, asylums, museums, sphinxes, specimens, and the notion of returning to such plurals would seem barbarous and absurd.
From Society for Pure English, Tract 03 (1920) A Few Practical Suggestions by Society for Pure English
In it are depicted small sphinxes, cult items and an altar, all items recovered from the ruins of Antirhodos and depicting a scene that likely would have taken place in the temple.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2025
There were pompous society dowagers with melting faces, young beauties with speckled dresses, unexpected sphinxes and nature spirits.
From New York Times ● Feb. 2, 2024
The hieroglyphics and artwork on the courtyard walls outside match the original theater design, including the sphinxes, ancient markers of mystery and quiet.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2023
Its five long chapters — each written by a different scholar — cover unicorns, dragons, griffins, sphinxes and half-human creatures.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 18, 2021
Tyrion paused to admire the pair of Valyrian sphinxes that guarded the door, affecting an air of casual confidence.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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Ancient Egypt - Introductory
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