orc

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The spell is only broken when the night ends, not with an out-of-control orc or goblin but with something far more mundane: a bill.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 4, 2024

We were in the city of Waterdeep, overrun by an orc horde.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 24, 2024

Adar himself is still more elf than orc, or uruk, his preferred nomenclature.

From New York Times • Oct. 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

For a moment the orc crouched, and then with a hideous yelp of fear it turned and fled back as it had come.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien