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

At another, Monet challenged an orc to solitaire instead of fighting it.

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

But the orc was in its own haunts, nimble and well-fed.

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