gremlin
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"I'm proud to play a commander, I like her very much and she trusts Mando and the little gremlin."
From BBC ● May 7, 2026
Now I have my VTuber model and can be a little gremlin in my pajamas and no one has to know because Monarch is always perfect.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2025
The title characters have classic toon precedent — remember the maladroit elves in Tex Avery’s 1950 “The Peachy Cobbler,” or the gremlin in that Bugs Bunny cartoon?
From New York Times ● Jun. 30, 2022
But if you are plant-based and seeking to appease the dopamine gremlin in your brain with a quick hit, then these KFC Beyond nuggets are worth a try.
From Salon ● Feb. 12, 2022
The gremlin mob turned on Root, and when they saw the triple-barreled blaster on his hip, they kept right on turning.
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
In a blog post titled “Where the goblins came from,” it said that a safety researcher had flagged several mentions of goblins and gremlins while testing a model released in November.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026
It found this system had been unwittingly incentivised to mention goblins, gremlins and other creatures more in metaphors.
From BBC ● Apr. 30, 2026
As mechanized as a race — or a movie — can feel, success or failure hinge on the human element, the hero battling the gremlins in the machine.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2025
Whatever qualms I had were the kind of technical gremlins that taunt any opening night.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 16, 2022
A beleaguered sprite was sheltering behind her ticket desk, besieged by angry gremlins.
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
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