elves

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Ms Peggie's junior counsel Charlotte Elves said at the time that the statement caused "some concern" and was "irresponsible and potentially unsafe".

From BBC • Sep. 3, 2025

Elves who were owed hundreds of pounds by the organisers of a festive event said it felt like "the Grinch stole our Christmas".

From BBC • Feb. 17, 2025

Technically they are Scout Elves, and theoretically their job is to watch over children and report back on naughty or nice behavior.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 22, 2024

This forbids the Númenóreans from ever sailing even farther west, out of sight of their island home, or setting foot upon the Undying Lands, where the Valar and select among the Elves dwell.

From Washington Post • Nov. 21, 2022

Only the Elves still preserve any records of that vanished time, and their traditions are concerned almost entirely with their own history, in which Men appear seldom and Hobbits are not mentioned at all.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien