goblin
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Before these discoveries, goblin sharks were known only from relatively limited regions off the western United States, Australia, and Japan in the Pacific Ocean, along with small areas of the Atlantic and Indian Oceans.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 8, 2026
The rare, and many say ugly, goblin shark is seen alive for the first time.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 12, 2026
It’s like, wait, why not go full goblin mode?
From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026
“Because ‘helpful minion in a power suit’ was taken, so I evolved into goblin mode,” came the reply, according to another post.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026
They made a point, however, of bashing against his goblin guide, Werfel, as if by accident.
From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin
OpenAI said that for the bot’s “nerdy” personality, which was designed to dial up the playful language, mentions of goblins in its GPT-5.4 model increased 3,881% from a previous version.
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
Apparently, if left to its own devices, OpenAI’s Codex coding agent is apt to repeatedly talk about goblins apropos of nothing.
From Barron's ● Apr. 29, 2026
All around me are homes festooned with terrifying man-made skeletons, goblins, clowns and witches.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2024
They were truly trapped now: There was no way out except through the door, and a horde of goblins seemed to be approaching on the other side.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
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