Gog
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Gog
Ultimately from Hebrew Gōgh, of uncertain origin
Example Sentences
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Together with Adam Kucharski, also from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, I have recently collaborated with the BBC on a massive citizen science project, led by Professor Julia Gog from Cambridge University.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 17, 2020
But my feeling is, if he comes out first with Gog, that ruins our title .
From Time Magazine Archive
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The idea that Matisse and Picasso, like Gog and Magog, are the founding opposites of modern art has left us a partisan scheme for looking at their work -- and for thinking about it.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Speculation suggests that in Gog and Magog he is trying to make explicit the evil and good in man, a Manichaean notion that influenced Robert Louis Stevenson in writing Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
From Time Magazine Archive
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However, Gog preferred to count in groups of five rather than four, and people all over the world shared Gog’s preference.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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