little people

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Noun
  • Featuring humans, elves, orcs and other fantastical creatures engaging in wars, treasure hunts and campaigns, the D&D game, one of Hasbro’s key franchise brands hailing from Wizards of the Coast, is overseen by a host, known as the Dungeon Master, and employs a signature multisided dice.
    Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 13 Feb. 2025
  • The film, directed by Jon Favreau and written by David Berenbaum, follows Ferrell as Buddy, a human raised as an elf in Santa’s workshop who returns to New York City to meet his biological father, played by the late James Caan.
    Dave Quinn, People.com, 28 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Kids consider costumes ranging from spooky goblins to little angels, and parents begin considering how to ration the candy collected after a long night of trick-or-treating.
    Sen. Dan Hall, Twin Cities, 8 Feb. 2025
  • This is your starting point, and where the brother from the story encountered the water goblin.
    Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Meaningful Content Moderation Businesses have a responsibility to their brand and customers to protect their online properties from harmful content, internet trolls and other not-safe-for-work (NSFW) content.
    Vidya Plainfield, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
  • The online troll, of course, misses the mark on all three of these categories.
    Jed Brewer, Rolling Stone, 1 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The Unseelie Court is the bastion of malevolent faeries who harm humans for their amusement or to exact revenge.
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
  • For instance, people used to hang iron on their doors at night to keep faeries and demons out of their homes (talismans) and a knock on the door in the middle of the night was to be ignored, for surely some evil spirit was lurking outside.
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • The ogre is faster than the gnome, slower than the unicorn, and was delayed arguing with a troll at a toll bridge.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
  • The streets are lined with red brick homes and two-story family dwellings, and the yards are decorated with a collection of toys, gnomes and doormats.
    Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 1 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The dark brown pixie cut wasn't the only interesting beauty moment from the campaign — Zendaya completed the sci-fi look with prosthetic, elf-like ears — similar to those seen on Star Trek's Vulcans — to add an extraterrestrial twist to the shoot.
    Starr Bowenbank, People.com, 15 Apr. 2025
  • From Taylor Russell’s gamine look to a sideburn-heavy cut on Jodie Turner-Smith, pixie cuts have long been trending among Hollywood actresses.
    India Espy-Jones, Essence, 11 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Channel your inner leprechaun at a bar crawl across downtown spots like Penn Social and Hill Country.
    Mimi Montgomery, Axios, 13 Mar. 2025
  • In the United States, March 17 is typically associated with large parties and parades, green beer, Irish food and drink, and motifs like shamrocks, leprechauns, and pots of gold.
    Cori Sears, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Emperor tamarins are dwarf monkeys with whiskers that resemble a white moustache.
    Robert Higgs, cleveland, 1 Feb. 2023
  • The dwarf variety grows to be about 5 to 7 feet, ideal for a small garden or accent in a room with limited space.
    Bryce Jones, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Jan. 2023
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