rook
Example Sentences
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Criticks, do your worst, that here are met; For, like a Rook, I have hedged in my Bet.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026
This isn’t the first time this kind of attitude has followed Ishii’s attachment to a game; last year, they were one of the voice options for Rook, the lead character in Dragon Age: The Veilguard.
From Slate • Oct. 11, 2025
"She just has such incredible physical stamina, mental toughness and just sheer determination to go out and do these extreme efforts," said Anne-Marije Rook, North America editor at Cycling Weekly magazine.
From BBC • Sep. 11, 2024
This remains the case when Andy encounters the slimy remains of Rook, the derelict vessel’s android science officer who looks exactly like Ash, the series’ first android traitor introduced in 1979’s “Alien.”
From Salon • Aug. 26, 2024
“What am I saying? Rook Hill was such a small village; nothing in the City — even a superstitious Yule bonfire — is comparable.”
From "Ash" by Malinda Lo
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