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At another, Monet challenged an orc to solitaire instead of fighting it.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 24, 2024
The game hinges on cooperation and imagination — on the joy of friends inventing a creative way to trap an orc — and how in Hextor does that translate to sitting passively before a screen?
From New York Times ● Mar. 30, 2023
It promises to be a gorgeous and exciting series, but for me, it will be tough to top the sight of a mother and son taking down a very scary orc.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 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
The Wild Men had put out a screen of wary hunters, so that no orc or roving spy should learn of the movements in the hills.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
And not just switching, but offering the orcs blueprints of the castle and giving them magic items he stole from his friends.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 17, 2026
When the topic turns to her bookshelf, Thurman admits she’s become a fan of stories of orcs and elves in love.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2025
In this particular show, he steered the queens and audience through a world full of flying arrows and orcs looking to turn the heroes into a kind of fleshy cold brew.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 24, 2024
By feeding assets like the combative orcs of World of Warcraft, the macabre dungeons of Diablo and the vivacious heroes of Overwatch into the machine, Blizzard can effortlessly produce concept art for new ideas.
From New York Times ● May 22, 2023
There was a horn-blast and a rush of feet, and orcs one after another leaped into the chamber.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
