gargoyle
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A host of celebrity judges have to decide whether they’re seeing an elaborate cake or Halloween decor like a jack-o-lantern, a black cat and a gargoyle.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 27, 2025
"I see a gargoyle... something horrible, disgusting," she tells the BBC.
From BBC • Jan. 9, 2025
Another modern, and whimsical, touch is the so-called businessman or yuppie gargoyle, depicting a Gothic creature with sideburns and holding a briefcase.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 27, 2021
It’s a live-action cartoon with rat-a-tat guns and laughs, and gargoyle villains right out of Dick Tracy.
From New York Times • Jun. 2, 2020
The gargoyle leapt aside at the mention of toffee eclairs, and Harry took the spiral staircase two steps at a time, knocking on the door just as a clock within chimed eight.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
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