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werewolf

[wair-woolf, weer-, wur-] / ˈwɛərˌwʊlf, ˈwɪər-, ˈwɜr- /


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Robert Eggers calls his upcoming medieval werewolf movie the “darkest thing I have ever written, by far.”

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 1, 2026

Who knows if “Oh, Mary!” will be among the first of many reclamations of Mary Todd Lincoln as werewolf, mercenary or other genre trope.

From New York Times Feb. 7, 2024

Because this is at the heart of the werewolf issue, let us take a moment to examine this phenomenon.

From Scientific American Oct. 27, 2023

On the right is a snarling werewolf, labeled “Seattle in the news.”

From Seattle Times Aug. 23, 2023

Almost uniquely among fantastic creatures, the werewolf actively seeks humans in preference to any other kind of prey.

From "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" by J.K. Rowling

Brandy Carlton, one of Torres’s first customers, buys the biggest package every year and sometimes incorporates a theme like werewolves or skeletons into the design.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 26, 2025

Renowned as a queen of literary horror — her stories brim with ghosts, werewolves, zombie infants — here she reveals a realist side, journalistic yet intimate.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 30, 2025

She was also known for the Night World novels, which also feature vampires as well as witches, werewolves and shapeshifters, who secretly live among the human race.

From BBC Mar. 28, 2025

“An Earth with climate change and nuclear war and, like, zombies and werewolves is still a way better place than Mars,” they write.

From Salon Nov. 27, 2023

Reyna swatted them aside with her modified duct-tape-coin-sword, but a handful of change wasn’t going to hold back a pack of werewolves for long.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan




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