orc
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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
At another, Monet challenged an orc to solitaire instead of fighting it.
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
He might have slipped out of the other door, but hardly without being seen; and he could not have played hide-and-seek with this hideous orc for long.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
Hobbits and orcs, Gandalf and Gollum, Sam and Sauron, are no longer solely the property of the author, nor of long-haired seekers in psychedelic colors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
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
He finds one of the orcs responsible: a buddy of Rimuru’s.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 19, 2023
Part of the work of the orcs is razing trees, destroying nature in the service of the evil industry which chugs along like a locomotive.
From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2022
Far within he could hear faintly the voices of orcs clamouring, but soon they stopped or passed out of hearing, and all was still.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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