Trojan
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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
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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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