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
A sprite begins to weep into the hair of a goat-headed phooka.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
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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
But the developers weren’t as limited when it came to how much they could put on screen and weren’t forced to do things like reuse animations or character sprites in the interest of saving memory.
From The Verge ● Jun. 18, 2022
It is a delightfully weird film, with dust sprites and forest creatures and something called a Cat Bus.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 13, 2022
After too many months ogling screens in my apartment, there was a surreal thrill to finally seeing people materialize before me as shipwrecked royals and island sprites.
From New York Times ● Sep. 17, 2021
On their backs are figures representing the arts, figures that look like water sprites.
From "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" by E.L. Konigsburg
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