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
Challenges will include something for every sports fans, such as an NHL-washer-dryer puck shooting contest, NBA-around the world basketball, FIFA-goal scoring, an NFL game that will test fans' quarterback skills, among others.
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Anne Marie D. Lee, CBS News, 20 May 2025
The incident happened in the corner of the boards when Rooney got caught in a tussle over the puck.
—Sean Neumann, People.com, 19 May 2025
At 4:16 of the third, Asplund got the puck past Shepard with help from Dennis Cesana and Tobias Bjornfot.
—Charlotte Observer, 18 May 2025
The Frost argued that Munroe had covered the puck with her hand, which would have resulted in a penalty shot.
—Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 15 May 2025
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Anne Marie D. Lee, CBS News, 20 May 2025
The incident happened in the corner of the boards when Rooney got caught in a tussle over the puck.
—Sean Neumann, People.com, 19 May 2025
At 4:16 of the third, Asplund got the puck past Shepard with help from Dennis Cesana and Tobias Bjornfot.
—Charlotte Observer, 18 May 2025
The Frost argued that Munroe had covered the puck with her hand, which would have resulted in a penalty shot.
—Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 15 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for puck
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In this fiction, the Crusades were not waged against Moors, but against elves – a race said to devour the flesh of humans, among other atrocities that are neither confirmed nor denied by the end of the story.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2025
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After a season filled with villainous elves, the resurrection of Kandy Muse's iconically hideous pockets look, and budding relationships in the Werk Room (and the bedroom), RuPaul's Drag Race season 17 crowned a winner.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
19 Apr. 2025
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Lisa’s Joker is part motivational speaker, part chaos goblin.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
5 May 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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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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After some patter from the hype man, Greg Gutfeld came out and read MAGA-dad jokes off a teleprompter, and teed up his four guests: a comedian named Michael Loftus, the anarchist troll Michael Malice, the former MTV v.j. Kennedy, and Cobb, who wore a Chicago Blackhawks hockey jersey.—
Nick Paumgarten,
New Yorker,
19 May 2025
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Misty Copeland shares essential advice from Prince, favorite dish to cook, self-care tips The attitude required dealing with critics: 'Great empathy for these people' Years of criticism has taught Zee not to absorb the negativity of online trolls.—
Erin Jensen,
USA Today,
17 May 2025
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“Puck.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/puck. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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