elf
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“I was very happy with the results,” said Jung, a 31-year-old influencer, who learned of elf ears when she stumbled across viral videos of others who had the procedure.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026
“We’re in an elf rally, but we’re on our way to a Santa Claus rally,” said Chris Hyzy of Bank of America Private Bank during an interview Wednesday with CNBC.
From Barron's ● Dec. 4, 2025
A family member sent me an image of a baby dressed in an elf outfit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2025
He credits living in The Netherlands as the inspiration behind the dolls and told Hypbeast "I liked to read storybooks and was influenced by ancient European elf legends".
From BBC ● Apr. 19, 2025
“This elf is under my protection. He is my guest. Let us go and we’ll give you everything we have.”
From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin
Some of my favorite comics are also experts on elves and superheroes.
From Salon ● Apr. 2, 2026
The other DHS clip is a montage of Yuletide cheer — Santa, elves, stockings, dancing — over a sped-up electro-trash remake of Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas is You.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2025
The family only realised there had been a mix-up when he appeared with classmates dressed as elves, Jade said.
From BBC ● Dec. 5, 2025
Brownies at that time was a strange organization in which the girls were divided into groups named after different kinds of fairies—pixies, elves and gnomes were the groups in our outfit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2025
Said he was off to the greenies, which I gathered was his disrespectful name for the elves.
From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine
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