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Recent Examples of nixieThis full function clock created by electronico is crafted from vintage nixie tubes.—Laura Grace Weldon, WIRED, 8 Mar. 2011
In fact, Bolg is the name of a goblin prince from J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit.
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Margherita Bassi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
20 June 2025
Brown and Kountz play Luna and Marvin, a couple who moves to Evergreen Lane with a passion for goblins and ghouls that inspires the whole neighborhood to go all in.
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Elizabeth Fogarty,
Better Homes & Gardens,
23 June 2025
As a sign of their whimsical and enigmatic nature, TLEs are called all sorts of fantastical names by scientists—elves, trolls, jets and ghosts, for instance.
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Sara Hashemi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
10 July 2025
However, finding young actors who were not afraid of the dark elf proved challenging during filming.
Modi’s army of internet trolls came after me with threats, abuse and digital vandalism.
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Aatish Taseer,
Time,
15 July 2025
As a sign of their whimsical and enigmatic nature, TLEs are called all sorts of fantastical names by scientists—elves, trolls, jets and ghosts, for instance.
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Sara Hashemi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
10 July 2025
The Unseelie Court is the bastion of malevolent faeries who harm humans for their amusement or to exact revenge.
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Erik Kain,
Forbes,
27 Nov. 2024
For instance, people used to hang iron on their doors at night to keep faeries and demons out of their homes (talismans) and a knock on the door in the middle of the night was to be ignored, for surely some evil spirit was lurking outside.
The festival is open to all and features activities for children, including a garden gnome hunt, dance and an arts and crafts booth hosted by ArtStart, a local nonprofit, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday.
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Safiya Mohamed,
Twin Cities,
13 June 2025
Wallace has a different mouth for each phonetic sound, clay desks are artificially rusted and 60 versions of the gnome robot alone were created.
Gene Hackman's Wife Betsy Searched Online About COVID Symptoms Before Dying of Hantavirus
Gene and Betsy's bodies were discovered along with the body of one of their dogs, a kelpie mix named Zinna, in Santa Fe Summit in February.
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Tommy McArdle,
People.com,
28 Apr. 2025
California Gene Hackman died of heart disease, his wife of hantavirus days earlier, officials say
March 7, 2025
One of the couple’s three dogs, an Australian kelpie mix named Zinna, was found dead in a crate in their home when the couple were discovered on Feb. 26.
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