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Trojan

[troh-juhn] / ˈtroʊ dʒən /


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“This was certainly a modern-day Trojan Horse,” says retired general and former CIA director David Petraeus.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

Deems said the brand used golf as a sort of Trojan horse to get the conversation started between partners in a positive way.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

Modern vehicles are not the only potential Trojan horses.

From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026

To let you in on a wee secret, a defense and discipline-oriented culture goes a long way to being competitive at the level Trojan fans expect.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

“So if the gods fight,” I said, “will things line up the way they did with the Trojan War? Will it be Athena versus Poseidon?”

From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan

I’m sure Trojans fans are constantly telling him “thank you for your sacrifice.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026

To all USC administrators, donors and Trojans family: If your head coach finishes a football game at the collegiate level with negative rushing yards, he should be fired before the plane boards!

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026

“We certainly feel like we’re the voice of the Trojans at the moment,” Noah Eagle, NBC’s lead play-by-play announcer, told The Times prior to USC’s loss to Wisconsin last week.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

Fans chanted this month for the firing of football coach Lincoln Riley — after years of underachieving — though the Trojans have defeated Washington and Penn State after an Oregon loss.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

At the first onset of this new band of warriors the Trojans wavered; they thought Achilles led them on.

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


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