as in fairy
an imaginary being usually having a small human form and magical powers
dreamed that her garden was the secret meeting place of pucks and sprites
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Recent Examples of puck
Toronto made it 4-1 in the second period as a player who’d scored only three goals all season, Chris Tanev, bounced the puck past Bobrovsky to his right — an uncharacteristic plain miss by the veteran goaltender.
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Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 6 May 2025
No disrespect to the freezer aisle, but our favorite veggie burger ideas start with fresh ingredients—not prefab pucks.
—Emily Saladino, Bon Appetit Magazine, 3 May 2025
The puck found its way through traffic and into the net.
—The Athletic Nhl Staff, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025
Someone on the other team took a shot at him, and the puck tipped right under his visor and hit him in the eye, squarely smacking him right in the eyeball.
—Meredith Wilshere, People.com, 27 Apr. 2025
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Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 6 May 2025
No disrespect to the freezer aisle, but our favorite veggie burger ideas start with fresh ingredients—not prefab pucks.
—Emily Saladino, Bon Appetit Magazine, 3 May 2025
The puck found its way through traffic and into the net.
—The Athletic Nhl Staff, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025
Someone on the other team took a shot at him, and the puck tipped right under his visor and hit him in the eye, squarely smacking him right in the eyeball.
—Meredith Wilshere, People.com, 27 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for puck
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Meanwhile, as friendships across the kingdoms are strained by the ripple effects of the Dark Lord’s actions, the forces of good — elves, dwarves, men, Harfoots and a wizard named Gandalf (Weyman) — try to valiantly hold on to what matters to them most of all: each other.—
Destiny Jackson,
Deadline,
8 May 2025
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Photograph: Ying Tang/Getty Images While children are told stories about elves and reindeer, the truth is that hundreds of thousands of people work year-round to make sure Christmas feels magical.—
Zeyi Yang,
Wired News,
28 Apr. 2025
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From its protrusible jaw to its ability to hunt in every environment, the goblin shark exemplifies adaptation to the extremes.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes,
30 Dec. 2024
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Thousands of visitors showed up dressed as their favorite characters from all parts of pop culture — superheroes and supervillains, wizards, elves, goblins, animals, Ghostbusters, Jedi and Sith, who all are calling Kansas City home base from Friday, March 21, to Sunday, March 23.—
Joseph Hernandez,
Kansas City Star,
22 Mar. 2025
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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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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.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
27 Nov. 2024
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Half the art is superhuman sprites shrouded in fire and lasers; the other covers look like Grok was trained on an anime gooner algorithm.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
26 Mar. 2025
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At the highest graphics settings, the sprites in the game were more crisp.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
17 Dec. 2024
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Many of those loud and wrong critics are the usual suspects: conservatives who also believe diversity, equity and inclusion efforts are unnecessary and racist trolls who have used AI to turn the statue into a racist caricature.—
Taryn Finley,
Refinery29,
14 May 2025
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Legend tells of trolls living under bridges demanding tolls from those who cross.—
Emily Curiel,
Kansas City Star,
8 May 2025
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“Puck.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/puck. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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