gremlin
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The success of "goth gremlin witch" Bambie Thug at last year's Eurovision has conjured a veritable coven of imitators in 2025.
From BBC • May 9, 2025
“I’m calling it a little gremlin in my ribcage,” Turner joked.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 22, 2022
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
Nevertheless, the commander was not prepared to risk a computer crash in the middle of an alert, and so doused his cigar in the coffee cup of a passing gremlin.
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
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