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For a while I thought they were heralding an orc attack; now it turns out they may just be grieving.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2024
We were in the city of Waterdeep, overrun by an orc horde.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 24, 2024
The action in “Adar” is mostly spread between three locations: the Harfoots’ camp, a dreadful orc lair, and a grand island kingdom that could prove pivotal to the future of Middle-earth.
From New York Times ● Sep. 9, 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
Frodo learned that Grimbeorn the Old, son of Beorn, was now the lord of many sturdy men, and to their land between the Mountains and Mirkwood neither orc nor wolf dared to go.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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
By feeding assets like the combative orcs of World of Warcraft, the macabre dungeons of Diablo and the vivacious heroes of Overwatch into the machine, Blizzard can effortlessly produce concept art for new ideas.
From New York Times ● May 22, 2023
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
There was a guard of orcs crouching in the shadows behind the great door-posts towering on either side, but the gates were shattered and cast down.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
