as in fairy
an imaginary being usually having a small human form and magical powers
"The Three Billy Goats Gruff," is the story of three goats trying to cross a bridge guarded by a nasty troll living beneath it
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as in to search
to look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something
the owner of the bed-and-breakfast often trolls antique stores for furniture and knickknacks
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Recent Examples of troll
Mike Isaac, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
The power of such trolls lies in their ability to manipulate the epistemic environment.
—Nikhil Krishnan, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2025
Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2025
Alex Jones has trolled Tesla protesters from the back of his own Cybertruck, bullhorn in hand.
—Saahil Desai, The Atlantic, 29 Mar. 2025
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Noun
Online trolls picked apart her appearance and stage presence, and chalked up Scowl’s rapid ascent to business executives who wanted a pretty face on album covers.
—Mike Isaac, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
The power of such trolls lies in their ability to manipulate the epistemic environment.
—Nikhil Krishnan, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2025
Verb
In posting the home run to X, the official MLB account savagely trolled Massarotti.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2025
Alex Jones has trolled Tesla protesters from the back of his own Cybertruck, bullhorn in hand.
—Saahil Desai, The Atlantic, 29 Mar. 2025
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Verb
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The United States Coast Guard is searching for five missing people after a boat capsized near St. Lucie Inlet in Florida on Sunday.—
T. Michelle Murphy,
ABC News,
13 Apr. 2025
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The study noted that 85% of breakup survivors search for explanations, all in an attempt to make sense of the cause of the split.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
13 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Sure, that Christmas elf mistook them as Christopher’s two dads back in Season 2, but no main characters have ever genuinely vocalized the possibility of a Buck-Eddie pairing.—
Andy Swift,
TVLine,
21 Mar. 2025
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Michelle Obama couldn’t make it, but part-time-painter George W. Bush had space in his diary (like all mischievous elves straight after Christmas), and the poor woman behind BFG Barron missed the whole event.—
Raven Smith,
Vogue,
22 Jan. 2025
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With Mark Scheifele and Connor cycling on the outside, trying desperately to find a chance in the middle, Iafallo drove to the net and jumped on a Scheifele rebound, scoring the game-tying goal while off balance in the slot.—
Jeremy Rutherford,
New York Times,
20 Apr. 2025
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Those few minutes sent students scrambling for cover and barricading themselves around campus until authorities found them.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
20 Apr. 2025
Noun
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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
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This is your starting point, and where the brother from the story encountered the water goblin.—
Anders Fogh Rasmussen,
Newsweek,
5 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Emperor tamarins are dwarf monkeys with whiskers that resemble a white moustache.—
Robert Higgs,
cleveland,
1 Feb. 2023
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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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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
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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
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“Troll.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/troll. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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