ogre
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After World War II, Franco was regarded as the “primary resident ogre of Western Europe.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 19, 2025
The first film, released in 2001, followed the story of an ogre who wants nothing more than to be left alone, but ends up on a quest to rescue a princess trapped in a tower.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2025
Who knew watching a fairy tale based on an ogre living in a dark swamp could be so thrilling?
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 16, 2024
She did a lot of creditable things, but to this day she’s seen as a bit of an ogre in Irish history, so this book might give her a fairer hearing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 5, 2023
Nearby, there’s a commotion—one of the candles flares up in blue crackling flames, sparking loudly and distracting even the ogre.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
Recent models of the artificial-intelligence chatbot have been bringing up the creatures in conversations with users seemingly out of the blue, as well as gremlins, trolls and ogres.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026
Alongside telling it to avoid platitudes, it said Codex should "never talk about goblins, gremlins, raccoons, trolls, ogres, pigeons, or other animals or creatures unless it is absolutely and unambiguously relevant to the user's query".
From BBC ● Apr. 30, 2026
These networks -- just like humans, onions, and ogres -- have layers, which makes them tricky to navigate.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 4, 2024
The backstory — not explained in the movie — is a middle-aged worker in modern Japan is murdered and wakes up in a world of dragons, ogres, orcs and magic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 19, 2023
Then the ogres were bound together, treatment that they endured cheerfully.
From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine
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