Thetis
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Though the island is connected to Thetis and Vancouver islands by BC Ferries, all of Penelakut is First Nation reserve property.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 3, 2023
Thetis Pharmaceuticals is planning trials of a synthetic resolvin for cases of inflammatory bowel disease and cancer.
From Science Magazine • May 4, 2022
The nine men and four women were taken aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Thetis on Tuesday afternoon, some 26 miles southeast of Key West, the agency said.
From Washington Post • Jul. 7, 2021
Through language that, like the sea nymph Thetis, shape-shifts between poetry, lyricism, email transcripts, theater and prose, “Wake, Siren” reveals the violence, the pain and the triumph in age-old tales made poignantly new.
From Salon • Nov. 4, 2019
Zeus had by now remembered his promise to Thetis to avenge Achilles’ wrong.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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