as in fairies
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 pucks
Tampa Bay Lightning The Lightning went off the board with all of their picks for me, except maybe toolsy late-round goalie Stepan Shurygin (who still needs to stop more pucks).
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Scott Wheeler,
New York Times,
27 June 2026
He was usually found near the net, either deflecting shots or scrambling for loose pucks, putting his body on the line.
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Kalen Lumpkins,
Chicago Tribune,
23 May 2026
Prizes range from bookmarks to foam pucks, mini sticks to Penguins tickets.
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Ricky Sayer,
CBS News,
19 May 2026
The injury is considered just the cause of normal wear and tear of stopping pucks in the NHL.
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Jess Myers,
Twin Cities,
18 May 2026
Scott Wheeler,
New York Times,
27 June 2026
He was usually found near the net, either deflecting shots or scrambling for loose pucks, putting his body on the line.
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Kalen Lumpkins,
Chicago Tribune,
23 May 2026
Prizes range from bookmarks to foam pucks, mini sticks to Penguins tickets.
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Ricky Sayer,
CBS News,
19 May 2026
The injury is considered just the cause of normal wear and tear of stopping pucks in the NHL.
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Jess Myers,
Twin Cities,
18 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pucks
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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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And creatures — fairies, a faun, the unforgettable Pale Man, with eyes in the palms of his hands — reveal a world of deeper and darker enchantment.
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Ferrell starred as Buddy in the 2003 Christmas classic, which focused on a human adopted by elves and raised as an elf in the North Pole until one day, as an adult, discovering his true identity.
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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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Two years ago, the Man City phenom appeared in a 90-second spot for the game that saw him get recruited to storm a castle teeming with goblins, dragons and impish skeletons.
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Follow the babe with the power into Jim Henson’s gloriously weird fantasy wonderland, where goblins sing, doors argue, and David Bowie’s Goblin King serves enough glam-rock charisma to power an entire kingdom.
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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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Maeve learns that the legends she was raised on — stories of faeries, kelpies and seelies — are actually true.
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And thank the faeries for that.
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“Pucks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pucks. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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