barbarian
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He was no Churchillian defender of Western Christian civilization against the barbarian hordes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 13, 2026
The barbarian monarchs of the West sent hordes east—a counterinvasion we call the First Crusade.
From Slate ● Dec. 15, 2024
How could baseball’s greatest position player be benched by the National Baseball Hall of Fame guardians while this ethics barbarian walks through the gate?
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2024
Alan Yuhas interviewed game developers, actors and players across the Forgotten Realms, including an elf sorcerer, a half-elf druid, a tiefling barbarian and a githyanki fighter.
From New York Times ● Dec. 22, 2023
All over Winter, even in frozen barbarian Perunter, it is considered execrably vulgar to talk business while eating.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
In any case, simply pulling up the drawbridge, hoisting the “independence” flag, and pouring boiling scorn on the barbarians at the gate isn’t a viable response.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2025
The Padres, on the other hand, are the rebels who won’t surrender, the barbarians at the door trying to steal away their crown.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2025
Rainer leads the hapless dame into a sparkling cavern, where the queen of the barbarians herself, Conann, is perched on a high tower, clutching a human heart that looks more like a Christmas tree ornament.
From New York Times ● Feb. 1, 2024
Prof Scull said it all suggests "we have been underestimating the sophistication and capacity of the societies of 5th to 7th Century England" seeing them as post-Roman barbarians.
From BBC ● Dec. 3, 2023
“You can go back right now if you like. You can go pull sweet potatoes, or you can stay with us and learn how to fight barbarians and bandits.”
From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston
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