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

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

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