ogre
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After World War II, Franco was regarded as the “primary resident ogre of Western Europe.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 19, 2025
The first film, released in 2001, followed the story of an ogre who wants nothing more than to be left alone, but ends up on a quest to rescue a princess trapped in a tower.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2025
Again, that is not making him a hero in any way, but you want to understand where he's coming from and not simply say, "Oh, he's an ogre."
From Salon ● Oct. 14, 2023
While stressing that she hasn’t worked so hard in her life, she seems a bit incredulous that Bowman used to be such an ogre on deck.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 17, 2023
Before I could even begin to ponder it, something even stranger happened: The ogre stretched out on a soft platform, covered itself with a large piece of cloth, and died.
From "Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat" by Johnny Marciano and Emily Chenoweth
Recent models of the artificial-intelligence chatbot have been bringing up the creatures in conversations with users seemingly out of the blue, as well as gremlins, trolls and ogres.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026
Alongside telling it to avoid platitudes, it said Codex should "never talk about goblins, gremlins, raccoons, trolls, ogres, pigeons, or other animals or creatures unless it is absolutely and unambiguously relevant to the user's query".
From BBC ● Apr. 30, 2026
He loves all disfigured nasties, be they swamp creatures, eyeball-less ogres or bolt-headed Hellboys.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2025
These networks -- just like humans, onions, and ogres -- have layers, which makes them tricky to navigate.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 4, 2024
Char went to the ogres, and I followed.
From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine
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