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Venus
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Venus as in:  the Olympian goddess

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    So, as he tiptoed into the Finns' bedroom, he called upon Venus to veil him in a mist— just as she had for her son, Aeneas, when he wandered the streets of Carthage—so that his footfalls would be silent, his heartbeat still, and his presence in the room no more notable than a breath of air.  (source)
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    These gods were referred to by a special collective name, vaner, a word that is related to the Latin name for the goddess of fertility, Venus.  (source)
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    Because I did not want to be anywhere near the bodies on the floor I drifted over to inspect a group of artists' casts on a beat-up table: a male torso; a draped Venus leaning against a rock; a sandaled foot.  (source)
    Venus = sculpture of the Roman goddess of love
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    Taking my hand, she said, 'I was so afraid it was to be born like Venus out of the foam, as we were!  (source)
    Venus = goddess of love in Roman mythology
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    She looks like she was the mold for Venus, Goddess of Love.  (source)
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    This man, a friend of Jean de Satigny, had transformed his humble raw materials—flour, eggs, and sugar—into a replica of the Acropolis crowned with a cloud of meringue on which rested two mythological lovers, Venus and Adonis, fashioned out of almond paste colored to imitate the rosy tones of their flesh, their blond hair, and the cobalt blue of their eyes; with them was a pudgy Cupid, also edible, which was sliced in half with a silver knife by the proud groom and the dejected bridle.  (source)
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    They had named her river the Tiber and erected a classical capital of pantheons and temples, all adorned with images of history's great gods and goddesses—Apollo, Minerva, Venus, Helios, Vulcan, Jupiter.  (source)
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    They're made out of some kind of astronaut plastic that could crash-land on Venus and not break.†  (source)
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    Overhead, a vault of watery blue, Venus and the north star captured within.†  (source)
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    We travelled to Tahiti, to study the Transit of Venus across the face of the sun.†  (source)
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    One of my all-time best nicknames for Mrs. Godfrey is Venus de Silo.†  (source)
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    After that, it would travel to a solar orbit between Mercury and Venus.†  (source)
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    Cello music swelled out from the house, rising higher and higher until it lifted off the earth, sailing toward Venus.†  (source)
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meaning too common or too rare to warrant focus

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A planet like Venus has less than one percent oxygen.  (source)
Venus = planet between Mercury and Earth
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