fairies

plural of fairy
as in elves
an imaginary being usually having a small human form and magical powers fairies are part of the folklore of many countries and cultures

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Recent Examples of fairies The lottery fairies have given you more time. Enquirer Staff, Cincinnati Enquirer, 18 Aug. 2025 While the indoor show will be missing the trees and outdoor ambiance, DeLancett and Hayes worked to craft photo ops with mermaids, fairies, wizards and birds of prey. Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2025 Seeing the fairies given to several fans after the performance was endearing, especially seeing their faces light up. Laura Sirikul, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
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Noun
  • Meanwhile, the virtuous, near-immortal elves of Lothlórien are depicted living peacefully in a realm of lush flora and elaborate tree-houses.
    Ellen Walker, JSTOR Daily, 3 Sep. 2025
  • All of the workers who are playing the elves have either been killed in horrible ways or beheaded, and their heads are used as tree toppers, and their intestines are strung on the Christmas trees.
    Simon Thompson, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • And thank the faeries for that.
    Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • To some, the creatures that purportedly visited Kelly — about eight miles north of Hopkinsville — became known as goblins.
    Josh Wood, The Courier-Journal, 6 Aug. 2025
  • A lot of the folktales referenced in Rabbit Trap are drawn from this one text from 1880, called British Goblins, from an American anthropologist called Wirt Sikes, who traveled through Wales, collected stories and sightings of goblins and fairies.
    Damon Wise, Deadline, 31 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • But the big one, the mortgage payment, dwarfs all.
    Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
  • His social media footprint dwarfs that of even Timothée Chalamet.
    Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 5 Aug. 2025

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