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Recent Examples of changeling
The story of the changeling that Alice A referenced earlier in the series focused on a family putting a baby into a fire to bring their mother back.
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Erin Qualey,
Vulture,
20 Mar. 2024
Their first four children are appropriately adorable, but their fifth child is a violent oddball and possibly a changeling.
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Washington Post Staff,
Washington Post,
14 Dec. 2023
Goblins steal a mother’s child and replace it with a ravenous changeling.
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Rivka Galchen,
The New Yorker,
23 Oct. 2023
Since then, the Star Trek franchise has studiously avoided the changelings.
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Alex Cranz,
The Verge,
2 Mar. 2023
See All Example Sentences for changeling
Erin Qualey,
Vulture,
20 Mar. 2024
Their first four children are appropriately adorable, but their fifth child is a violent oddball and possibly a changeling.
—
Washington Post Staff,
Washington Post,
14 Dec. 2023
Goblins steal a mother’s child and replace it with a ravenous changeling.
—
Rivka Galchen,
The New Yorker,
23 Oct. 2023
Since then, the Star Trek franchise has studiously avoided the changelings.
—
Alex Cranz,
The Verge,
2 Mar. 2023
See All Example Sentences for changeling
Recent Examples of Synonyms for changeling
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For something dreamier, A Midsummer Night’s Dream theme pairs flower garlands and fairy lights with pretty appetizers and edible floral cocktails.
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Flower garlands, fairy lights everywhere, pretty appetizers and edible floral cocktails.
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At the end of 2005-2006, a whole host of elves got arrested and were sent to prison.
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The actress will play an elf named Seren, who is a brand new character for the Lord of the Rings franchise.
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Maeve learns that the legends she was raised on — stories of faeries, kelpies and seelies — are actually true.
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The plays are set in locations as varied as courts, forests, battlefields, and even the realm of faerie.
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After all, everyone's inner goblin comes out eventually.
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The scientists only got a passing glimpse of the goblin shark before the lights and loud noise from the ROV's motor scared it away, Auscavitch told ABC News.
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Every fan base has idiots and every popular athlete attracts trolls.
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Had the trolls toiling in the darkest tunnels of the internet shown up at her actual doorstep?
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Lawn Ornaments Too many lawn ornaments, such as gnomes, fairies, dolls, or flamingos, read as tacky to Emily Roose, the founder of Emily Roose Interiors.
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The venerable patriarch is leaning heavily on an ebony cane, and is followed closely by his personal assistant, a bald gnome of a man, armed with a notebook and pencil.
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Meanwhile, Paula is having a manic pixie nightmare of a day.
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Others, like the first reader of the evening—the manic pixie dreamgirl-esquel Sotce—went a different route.
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The decadent new dessert features multiple layers of indulgent chocolate, brownie and toffee.
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Recipes range from brownies and pies to fresh pasta and garlic knots.
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“Changeling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/changeling. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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