sprite
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He told us tales of big brinjals, bright pumpkin flowers, sprite okra that grew in the farmland in what’s now Bangladesh, where he grew up.
From Salon ● May 9, 2026
Local drag artist Adam Carver, also known as Fatt Butcher, plays the quick-witted sprite Puck, and admitted that they brought some of their drag persona to the role.
From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2026
Braid dandelions or daisies into a floral crown, and the wearer becomes a forest sprite.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 15, 2023
The setting suits Martin, who exudes a kind of wry wood sprite energy, if wood sprites wore black T-shirts and khakis.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2023
The sprite emerged from the fortress first, followed by one of the lithe, willowy nymphs with fingers like small branches.
From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo
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Her near life-size ceramic figures of animals, sprites and fairy-tale heroines in moments of frozen intimacy are prickly and emotional in a way that’s hard to get over.
From New York Times ● Jul. 20, 2023
Early on, to some extent, sprites were simply dismissed as illusory before being found as authentic, albeit very strange.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 9, 2023
It is a delightfully weird film, with dust sprites and forest creatures and something called a Cat Bus.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 13, 2022
A sport that once put a premium on the acrobatics of tiny, teenaged sprites has become more welcoming to women who are in their 20s, and it’s refreshing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2021
The greenwitches grumbled in response, and some insisted that they had run into klippes at twilight, or seen sprites slipping among the shadows of the Wood at Midsummer.
From "Ash" by Malinda Lo
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