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Recent Examples of demigod
All through the years in between, his willful yet easy-looking dominance carried his game to new heights of public enthusiasm, the sight of a charming, unmatchable demigod inspiring millions of ordinary Americans to hit the links.
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Kyle Feldscher,
CNN Money,
28 Mar. 2026
Set in 11th-century Singapore, the film follows a demigod born from a yam root, abandoned by his worshippers after the arrival of a mysterious, shipwrecked beast.
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Marcus Lim,
Variety,
18 Mar. 2026
Set in 11th-century Singapore, the story revolves around a demigod born from a yam who is ritually fed upon by villagers.
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Liz Shackleton,
Deadline,
17 Mar. 2026
My colleague Bryan Alexander talked with 16-year-old Walker Scobell, who plays the title demigod (and son of Poseidon) and grew up a lot between the two seasons.
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Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
12 Dec. 2025
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Kyle Feldscher,
CNN Money,
28 Mar. 2026
Set in 11th-century Singapore, the film follows a demigod born from a yam root, abandoned by his worshippers after the arrival of a mysterious, shipwrecked beast.
—
Marcus Lim,
Variety,
18 Mar. 2026
Set in 11th-century Singapore, the story revolves around a demigod born from a yam who is ritually fed upon by villagers.
—
Liz Shackleton,
Deadline,
17 Mar. 2026
My colleague Bryan Alexander talked with 16-year-old Walker Scobell, who plays the title demigod (and son of Poseidon) and grew up a lot between the two seasons.
—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
12 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for demigod
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Wynonna, with help from her younger sister, the town’s sheriff and an infamous Wild West gunslinger, must save her hometown from demons and other supernatural creatures.
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In the film, Tanjiro, Nezuko and the Hashira are drawn into the Infinity Castle, where the Demon Slayer Corps must confront the terrifying Upper Rank demons.
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In addition, another immortal, Jacques Cornet, has been discovered in the area, killing various people.
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In this six-part CNN docuseries, high-profile tech journalist Kara Swisher turns her attention to the booming longevity industry, led by people like the wannabe immortal Bryan Johnson.
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The first one features a six-foot tall bronze cast angel whose wings enfold around a granite bench; the sculpture was intended to offer the comfort of an angel’s embrace for visitors who take a seat there.
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The respected 13th-century Spanish rabbi Nachmanides (Ramban) chastises Lot for the atrocity of offering his daughters in place of the angels.
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Jacobs-Jenkins cannot help noting that among that generation of Bible-quoting civil rights worthies are enough sins of the father to burden a host of sons.
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Martin Luther King, Senator J. William Fulbright, and California Gov. Pat Brown all said so and who would know better than these worthies?
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If American music in 1976 represented a collective, inquisitive, inventive American spirit of discovery, the semiquincentennial in the age of social media has become more about the individual identity.
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The spirit of a '90s summer vacation is alive and well in tropics-print caftans like this fresh-off-the-runway one from SHAN's SS27 Collection.
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Three extraordinary new books, published this year, shed light on the brilliance and complexity of Morrison’s life and work, and place her as an American eminence, a visionary who saw fiction as a means through which to recast her country’s story.
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For much of the past week, all that Colombia had been able to agree upon was the pre-eminence of Luis Diaz, who remained a whirling dervish throughout the match as his side’s outstanding player.
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Here in Tamil Nadu, reality was—still is—perceived to reside not in the physical world but in the relationship between that world and the transcendent realm of Siva and Vishnu, two great gods of the Tamil country.
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Andrew Raftery Two forceful exhibitions have shown how Indian artists and presses met the cultural upheaval of the nineteenth century with lithographic prints that rendered Hindu gods more approachable and helped to galvanize national identity.
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While buildings and monuments safeguard the past, McGee believes the future of Kansas City jazz ultimately rests with the musicians themselves.
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The Wildland Firefighter Foundation maintains a monument in Boise, Idaho, as well as a Wall of Honor, which memorializes each of the fallen.
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