gremlin
Example Sentences
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And the invisible gremlins at the National Security Agency?
From Washington Post
The Clippers have shown they can finish strong, but they’ll need to eliminate their early-game gremlins to beat the Utah Jazz in the playoffs.
From Los Angeles Times
It’s hard to suspend disbelief and feel as though you’re in the same room as someone who looks like a shadow half the time and sounds like a gremlin.
From New York Times
Opening the show, Jeffrey Sharp, executive director of the Gotham Film & Media Institute, predicted that there would be “glitches and gremlins” throughout the event.
From Seattle Times
They’ve become deeply engaged in this fairy world, which includes pixies, elves, gremlins, hobgoblins, and trolls.
From Fox News
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