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The spell is only broken when the night ends, not with an out-of-control orc or goblin but with something far more mundane: a bill.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2024
We were in the city of Waterdeep, overrun by an orc horde.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 24, 2024
Because it was Adar, called “father” by his orc followers, who killed Sauron to protect his people.
From New York Times ● Oct. 4, 2022
I'm using pots and pans on orcs, and Elijah's got the mithril vest to stave off the orc, or the whatever, the cave troll stabs him with the spear.
From Salon ● Jan. 24, 2022
A quick duck had saved him; and he had felled his orc: a sturdy thrust with his Barrow-blade.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
One of the many orcs seen in Season 3.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026
Hobbits and orcs, Gandalf and Gollum, Sam and Sauron, are no longer solely the property of the author, nor of long-haired seekers in psychedelic colors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
When the topic turns to her bookshelf, Thurman admits she’s become a fan of stories of orcs and elves in love.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2025
In this particular show, he steered the queens and audience through a world full of flying arrows and orcs looking to turn the heroes into a kind of fleshy cold brew.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 24, 2024
Sam had seen no arrows, but he guessed that the orcs had been shot down by others on the battlements or hidden in the shadow of the gate.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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