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Recent Examples of Satan
On that sandy beach a decade ago, those men may have witnessed God’s holy army and the forces of Satan in their ancient battle.
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Lauren Green, Fox News, 16 Feb. 2025
Lister was Robert Forster’s business partner in Jackie Brown (1997) and the second son of Satan in Adam Sandler’s Little Nicky (2000).
—Danny Horn, EW.com, 27 Jan. 2025
Not the one about Jesus’ life and death, but the one about his Second Coming, featuring the world’s best foils: the red dragon, i.e., Satan, and the beast from the sea, whom theologians later interpreted as the Antichrist.
—Arthur Krystal, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
To justify seizing and destroying an enormous array of images and objects during his 43-year career, Comstock often claimed to be battling Satan.
—Amy Werbel, The Conversation, 24 Jan. 2025
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Lauren Green, Fox News, 16 Feb. 2025
Lister was Robert Forster’s business partner in Jackie Brown (1997) and the second son of Satan in Adam Sandler’s Little Nicky (2000).
—Danny Horn, EW.com, 27 Jan. 2025
Not the one about Jesus’ life and death, but the one about his Second Coming, featuring the world’s best foils: the red dragon, i.e., Satan, and the beast from the sea, whom theologians later interpreted as the Antichrist.
—Arthur Krystal, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
To justify seizing and destroying an enormous array of images and objects during his 43-year career, Comstock often claimed to be battling Satan.
—Amy Werbel, The Conversation, 24 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for Satan
Noun
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Fire crackling in Burt’s (Christopher Walken) dining room, framing his face like a devil.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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Wooly devil grows near drought-tolerant plants, including ocotillo, hedgehog cactus and creosote.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
25 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The end of the first season saw Dream (Tom Sturridge) endeavor to become a gentler overlord of the Dreaming; meanwhile, Gwendoline Christie's malevolent Lucifer Morningstar plots with Roger Allam's Lord Azazel to foil Dream's plans, and wreak havoc on the entire waking world.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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Created and written by Sean Steinberg, the show is being produced by Adam Thal under The Star Film Company banner and Lucifer actress Lesley-Ann Brandt.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
17 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Aeterna means everlasting or perpetual, which dovetails with the lore behind the serpent, which is said to represent eternity.—
Justin Fenner,
Robb Report,
1 Apr. 2025
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In the early 1980s, Saint Phalle created a namesake perfume with a bottle featuring a sculpted snake; in turn, Bohan made for Saint Phalle a shimmering gold pantsuit and headpiece inspired by her serpent to wear for the perfume’s launch event (which Warhol hosted).—
Dana Thomas,
New York Times,
25 Mar. 2025
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“Satan.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Satan. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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