vampire
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Pattinson, 40, became something of a pin-up after playing vampire Edward Cullen in the Twilight series, alongside American actress Kristen Stewart.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
All 349 “murmurs” in the Twilight saga: In this very scientific investigation, Rachelle Hampton ranked and charted all the times Stephenie Meyer used the word murmur in her YA vampire series.
From Slate ● Oct. 9, 2026
The vampire schedule applies not just to drivers but all 3,000 team members, organizers and support crew traveling with them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
Seven years after being announced as Marvel’s vampire hunter, two-time Oscar winner Mahershala Ali confirms he is no longer attached to the long-delayed ‘Blade’ reboot.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
I think back to what I remember—a cold forest, a possessed best friend, an aboatia killing a vampire.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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As Mr. Groom and other scholars have stressed, the parasitic connection between vampires and their human prey has been used to grossly symbolize the relationship between rapacious business owners and exploited workers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
From Lord Ruthven to Edward Cullen, vampires of print and film have long been ascribed Byronic glamour and charisma.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
“When we started researching and looking at other books, TV shows and movies about vampires, none of them were consistent,” Wiseman says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
“They’re trying to be good vampires; they’re trying to not hurt people,” Wiseman says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
In her week in the world of Cittàgazze, she had seen enough devastation, enough Specter-eaten adults and wild, scavenging children, to have a horror of those ethereal vampires.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
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