as in fairy
an imaginary being usually having a small human form and magical powers
"The Three Billy Goats Gruff," is the story of three goats trying to cross a bridge guarded by a nasty troll living beneath it
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as in to search
to look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something
the owner of the bed-and-breakfast often trolls antique stores for furniture and knickknacks
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Recent Examples of troll
Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 17 Jan. 2025
Racist trolls on the internet, while offensive, don't threaten my kids.
—Amanda Castro, Newsweek, 7 Feb. 2025
Dan Primack, Axios, 11 Feb. 2025
Donald Trump took a day off to attend the Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans, Louisiana, and had time to troll Taylor Swift.
—Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 9 Feb. 2025
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Noun
Simultaneously, alt-right trolls and religious extremists compared Hollywood to the biblical city of Sodom and spoke about the fires (a direct result of the climate change so many in those groups deny) as if the blazes were a modern plague sent by God.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 17 Jan. 2025
Racist trolls on the internet, while offensive, don't threaten my kids.
—Amanda Castro, Newsweek, 7 Feb. 2025
Verb
This is partially about trolling, partially about upstaging the Paris AI Summit, and partially about trying to slow down a strategic rival who's made recent inroads with President Trump.
—Dan Primack, Axios, 11 Feb. 2025
Donald Trump took a day off to attend the Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans, Louisiana, and had time to troll Taylor Swift.
—Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 9 Feb. 2025
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For example, Baca Systems shared that before AI agents, customers who called the company with service questions (typically about a hardware issue) would wait an average of five to seven minutes while a human agent searched for relevant cases and analyzed technical documents.—
Aytekin Tank,
Forbes,
25 Feb. 2025
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The Ducks are demanding more attention to detail from the offensive specialist, and getting it, but Zegras is still searching for a way to hang on to the parts of his game that once separated him.—
Chris Johnston,
The Athletic,
25 Feb. 2025
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Featuring humans, elves, orcs and other fantastical creatures engaging in wars, treasure hunts and campaigns, the D&D game, one of Hasbro’s key franchise brands hailing from Wizards of the Coast, is overseen by a host, known as the Dungeon Master, and employs a signature multisided dice.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
13 Feb. 2025
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Prince on the Shelf A young Prince Harry dressed up as a red and green elf to take part in his school's nativity play.—
Stephanie Petit,
People.com,
25 Dec. 2024
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Around the world, the evidence for the value of social progress is conclusive: McKinsey’s global research found that companies in the top quartile for gender diversity on executive teams were 25% more likely to experience above-average profitability.—
Paul Klein,
Forbes,
2 Mar. 2025
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Since one of the most fascinating stellar phenomena of our time will only be visible for about a week, find T CrB in March — and don't let it out of your sight.—
Jamie Carter,
Space.com,
2 Mar. 2025
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That often means providing upgrades of low level monsters rather than just throwing more goblins at a problem.—
Rob Wieland,
Forbes,
13 Jan. 2025
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My dad’s Welsh and among my happiest memories of him are going through Brian Froud’s books about fairies, goblins and trolls.—
Alex Ritman,
Variety,
24 Jan. 2025
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Emperor tamarins are dwarf monkeys with whiskers that resemble a white moustache.—
Robert Higgs,
cleveland,
1 Feb. 2023
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The dwarf variety grows to be about 5 to 7 feet, ideal for a small garden or accent in a room with limited space.—
Bryce Jones,
Better Homes & Gardens,
24 Jan. 2023
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The Unseelie Court is the bastion of malevolent faeries who harm humans for their amusement or to exact revenge.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
27 Nov. 2024
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That’s in addition to the strange creatures that roam the countryside such as faeries and dragon.—
Rob Wieland,
Forbes,
6 Nov. 2024
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“Troll.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/troll. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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