a being having superhuman powers and control over a particular part of life or the world
in some belief systems, natural forces like the wind and the sea were gods
a person who is the object of extreme or uncritical devotion
in the eyes of many film critics, Alfred Hitchcock is one of the undisputed gods of cinema
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USA Today,
26 Aug. 2026 Some temples may also have shrines dedicated to indigenous gods or spirits of the land.—
Brooke Schedneck,
The Conversation,
24 Aug. 2026 Even Ludwig Mies van der Rohe — our high god of modern glass and steel — clad his first high-rise in 1949, the Promontory Apartments in Hyde Park, in brick.—
Edward Keegan,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Aug. 2026 Over the course of ten wildly successful games, Kratos vanquished mortals, creatures and gods alike.—
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Deadline,
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Shiva, Vishnu, Shakti (or Devi), and their various avatars and related forms became the central deities of Hindu devotion.
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Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
28 Aug. 2026
In Sunday’s Daily News, Mike Lupica, in agreement with Baseball Hall of Fame deity Bill Madden, states that Catfish Hunter and Graig Nettles should be enshrined at the Yankees Monument Park.
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Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
18 Aug. 2026
This is the first time, to my knowledge, that an incumbent mayor in the City of Angels would be running against a challenger whose campaign manager is God Almighty.
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Steve Lopez,
Los Angeles Times,
4 June 2026
During a February 2020 appearance on The Kelly Clarkson Show, the Bruce Almighty actor noted his grandson’s love of beating him at video games.
Horrific details are emerging and a young girl is being hailed as a hero after authorities said a shooting and fire left multiple people dead at a family's home in Montana.
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CBS News,
CBS News,
26 Aug. 2026
And that all starts with Hawks themselves, a wonderfully charismatic hero who’s nearly impossible to dislike.
At Disney, Zhao previously directed another genre project based on famous IP, Marvel’s Eternals, which underperformed both with critics and in the boxoffice.
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Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
14 Mar. 2026
Before joining Bridgerton, Hannah Dodd appeared in the Marvel film Eternals (2021) and starred opposite Millie Bobby Brown in Enola Holmes 2 (2022).
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Allison DeGrushe,
Entertainment Weekly,
29 Jan. 2026
Since then, she’s worked with some of her biggest idols in the culinary world, cooking alongside everyone from Jean-Georges Vongerichten to Masaharu Morimoto, Giada De Laurentiis, and Gordon Ramsay.
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CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
26 Aug. 2026
Another key innovation from this year’s lineup is the Xtep Float, which was seen on C-pop idol Fan Chengcheng.
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