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Recent Examples of changeling
Their first four children are appropriately adorable, but their fifth child is a violent oddball and possibly a changeling.
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Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2023
Goblins steal a mother’s child and replace it with a ravenous changeling.
—Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2023
Since then, the Star Trek franchise has studiously avoided the changelings.
—Alex Cranz, The Verge, 2 Mar. 2023
The folktale of the changeling is here recontextualized into a modern setting.
—Sheena Scott, Forbes, 18 June 2021
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Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2023
Goblins steal a mother’s child and replace it with a ravenous changeling.
—Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2023
Since then, the Star Trek franchise has studiously avoided the changelings.
—Alex Cranz, The Verge, 2 Mar. 2023
The folktale of the changeling is here recontextualized into a modern setting.
—Sheena Scott, Forbes, 18 June 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for changeling
Noun
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Featuring humans, elves, orcs and other fantastical creatures engaging in wars, treasure hunts and campaigns, the D&D game, one of Hasbro’s key franchise brands hailing from Wizards of the Coast, is overseen by a host, known as the Dungeon Master, and employs a signature multisided dice.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
13 Feb. 2025
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The film, directed by Jon Favreau and written by David Berenbaum, follows Ferrell as Buddy, a human raised as an elf in Santa’s workshop who returns to New York City to meet his biological father, played by the late James Caan.—
Dave Quinn,
People.com,
28 Jan. 2025
Noun
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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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Kids consider costumes ranging from spooky goblins to little angels, and parents begin considering how to ration the candy collected after a long night of trick-or-treating.—
Sen. Dan Hall,
Twin Cities,
8 Feb. 2025
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This is your starting point, and where the brother from the story encountered the water goblin.—
Anders Fogh Rasmussen,
Newsweek,
5 Feb. 2025
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Meaningful Content Moderation Businesses have a responsibility to their brand and customers to protect their online properties from harmful content, internet trolls and other not-safe-for-work (NSFW) content.—
Vidya Plainfield,
Forbes.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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The online troll, of course, misses the mark on all three of these categories.—
Jed Brewer,
Rolling Stone,
1 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The streets are lined with red brick homes and two-story family dwellings, and the yards are decorated with a collection of toys, gnomes and doormats.—
Kendrick Calfee,
Kansas City Star,
1 Mar. 2025
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There’s also the Sandman (Veronica Shakespeares), a drug dealer who looks like a gnome (my research revealed this is Sandmännchen, a popular German character from a TV show with over 22,000 episodes).—
Barry Levitt,
Vulture,
21 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The college campus pixie dust carried through to a top-notch step show performed by some HBCU (Historically Black College and University) fraternities and sororities.—
DeVonne Goode,
Parents,
4 Apr. 2025
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No need for pixie dust when a simple badge can bring the best news ever! Alexis Allen had the surprise of a lifetime for her 11-year-old daughter Addison during a trip to Disney World in Orlando, Florida.—
Kendall Malinchock,
USA Today,
31 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Mixing Bowl Mashup Blizzard Treat – A sweet mix of brownie batter and chocolate chip cookie dough swirled into world-famous DQ soft serve.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
28 Mar. 2025
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This trend extends beyond traditional edibles like brownies, encompassing a wide array of savory dishes, including Sloppy Joes.—
Matt Rozo,
The Mercury News,
26 Mar. 2025
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Channel your inner leprechaun at a bar crawl across downtown spots like Penn Social and Hill Country.—
Mimi Montgomery,
Axios,
13 Mar. 2025
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In the United States, March 17 is typically associated with large parties and parades, green beer, Irish food and drink, and motifs like shamrocks, leprechauns, and pots of gold.—
Cori Sears,
Better Homes & Gardens,
13 Mar. 2025
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“Changeling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/changeling. Accessed 17 Apr. 2025.
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