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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 game hinges on cooperation and imagination — on the joy of friends inventing a creative way to trap an orc — and how in Hextor does that translate to sitting passively before a screen?
From New York Times ● Mar. 30, 2023
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
For a moment the orc crouched, and then with a hideous yelp of fear it turned and fled back as it had come.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
They all contemplated a drawing of a glam-rock Gandalf in a form-fitting wizard’s cloak, acrylic armies of orcs and other works of fan art displayed in gilded frames.
From New York Times ● Nov. 17, 2023
Before long, Spencer was battling orcs and trolls on his phone while playing the new mobile game Warcraft Rumble.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 13, 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
And leaving the orcs to fight among themselves wouldn’t be the worst thing.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 1, 2022
‘And be quick! There may be orcs still alive, lurking in wait.’
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
