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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ogresses
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For me, the purpose of art is to come to grips with the demons of the past, present, and future; to give form to chaos; to enable us to process fear; and to conceive of a different, more humane future.
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There are highs and lows, angels and demons.
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People are turned into wolves, there are ogres and undead creatures of the sea who lure others to their demise.
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In recent weeks, social media users, especially on X, have been noticing increasing references to goblins, along with other fantasy creatures such as gremlins, ogres and trolls in ChatGPT’s answers to user queries.
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Based on the popular Quebec comic book created by Samuel Parent and commissioned by and produced in collaboration with Télé-Québec, the series, aimed at 6 to 9-year-olds, follows the adventures of a fearless kid who confronts monsters that haunt children in the darkness of night.
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With no idea what's going on, Dylan flees the FBC to find that the Hiss — otherworldly crimson monsters from another dimension — have overrun Manhattan.
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The 152 rooms celebrate Tasmania’s cultural and creative spirit, from the contemporary paintings of thylacines and Tasmanian devils, to the Blackheart sassafras ceiling inlays.
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But there are lots of potential devils in the details (otherwise there’d be little need for experimental reactors).
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His bronc riders look more like pietàs in mud; his barrel racers scream like banshees on horseback.
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The grotesques were decorative stone faces around the castle.
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The script, by Ed Solomon, treats the Sklar siblings as cardboard grotesques—heartless, talentless, united in their loathing of a father who loathes them right back.
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Both O’Flynn and Rhys have had spotlight episodes so far this season, but will Emmys voters see the pathos and creativity behind the laughs and frights?
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Copyright 2025, all frights reserved.
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As in Pillion and elsewhere, Melling imbues a premise’s potential grotesqueries with real and specific feelings.
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The abundance of these grotesqueries was almost stranger than their existence.
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“Ogresses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ogresses. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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