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gods

noun

plural of god

as in deities

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

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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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Recent Examples of gods Thelema included three principal gods — Nuit, Hadit, and Ra Hoor Khuit — who are described as being analogous to the ancient Egyptian gods Isis, Osiris, and Horus. — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026 The sports gods have treated us to a World Series game and Monday Night Football tonight. — Outkick, FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 2026 You would have been treated like gods and lived forever in beauty. — Joshua Kurp, Vulture, 26 Oct. 2026 Assembling a boy band is a way of splitting the egg myself, and repairing an injury meted out by wrathful gods in one fell swoop. — Literary Hub, 26 Oct. 2026 As ruler of the Olympian gods, Zeus occupied a central position in Greek mythology; following Rome’s conquest of Greece, he became associated with the Roman god Jupiter while continuing to be depicted according to classical sculptural conventions. — Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 22 Oct. 2026 Racial hatred and the demonization of Hindu gods have different sources and sometimes different voices, but on the first day of Navaratri, these forms of hate converged in a parking lot in Aurora. — Arun Brahmbhatt, The Conversation, 21 Oct. 2026 Scarabs, serpents, vultures, lunar ornaments, ancient gods like Horus and Anubis carved from gold and lapis lazuli—all strategically placed on various points along the body. — Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 16 Oct. 2026 The soccer schedule gods had a sense of humor making Manchester City’s return to the Champions League after a devastating verdict of financial rule-breaking a game against Paris Saint-Germain. — ABC News, 12 Oct. 2026

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While many Hindus worship Rama, Sita and Hanuman as deities, Hindu nationalists have also presented Rama as a historical figure – the legendary ruler of the ancient kingdom of Ayodhya.

— Sohini Sarah Pillai, The Conversation, 14 Oct. 2026
In Himachal Pradesh, Kullu Dussehra features processions of local deities rather than the burning of Ravana effigies.

— Tamanna Nangia, Encyclopedia Britannica, 5 Oct. 2026

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The long history of prejudice As religious studies scholar Michael Altman argues, the charge that Hindus worship false gods and idols took hold in American national culture nearly two centuries ago.

— Arun Brahmbhatt, The Conversation, 21 Oct. 2026
Spoelstra is also 34 wins shy of matching one of his idols, Jack Ramsay, for 15th; Ramsay won 864 games in his career.

— ABC News, ABC News, 20 Oct. 2026