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little people

[lit-l pee-puhl] / ˈlɪt l ˌpi pəl /
NOUN
(in folklore) small, humanlike beings
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One way to understand how little people thought of these teams’ chances before the start of the season is through their preseason odds.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 10, 2025

“Little by little, people started to talk about it, and it became this dark horse in the middle of big films.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2025

There’s very little people can do about the H5N1 circulating in wild birds.

From Salon • Feb. 12, 2025

"I have the problem that it’s not Putin that persecuted me but those little people I lived in the same city with," she says.

From BBC • Oct. 6, 2024

All sympathy for the little people vanished instantly.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer