leprechaun
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As Fintan O'Toole quipped recently in the Irish Times, his country "found the crock of gold at the end of the rainbow without even trying to catch the leprechaun."
From Salon ● Dec. 2, 2024
There’s probably a little leprechaun one for St. Patrick’s Day.
From Slate ● May 30, 2024
Maybe he was the lucky leprechaun I let slip away.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2023
The primary cast now includes Jane Fonda, who voices a pink dragon who can sniff out bad luck, and Whoopi Goldberg, who plays a droll leprechaun taskmaster.
From New York Times ● Aug. 1, 2022
But he could see the weary Irish face, the red- nose leprechaun.
From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara
Speaking of trillion-dollar leprechauns, you will hunt through all 545 pages in vain for those big “DOGE” savings you were promised.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 17, 2026
It is easy-breezy, light spirited — rainbows, leprechauns, good luck, good cheer — it is childlike in its commitment to being pure fun.
From Salon ● Mar. 12, 2024
Three years later came Crock of Gold, with its album cover featuring a painting by Shane MacGowan of leprechauns that resembled the demons that seemed to haunt him throughout his life.
From BBC ● Nov. 30, 2023
Gnomes and shrooms go together like leprechauns and pots of gold, so pair this funky fungus with your chillest gnomie.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 16, 2023
No wonder leprechauns were such ridiculous figures in human folklore.
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
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