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
Arlington put plenty of pucks on him, firing 13 shots in the first period and 14 in the third by crashing on rebounds for second and sometimes third chances.
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Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 18 Jan. 2025
Remember, investors are trying to skate to where the puck is going.
—Zev Fima, CNBC, 18 Jan. 2025
After two first period power-play goals by the Wild, McDavid collected the puck in center ice after a turnover and started a passing play that led to Zach Hyman scoring and cut the Wild lead to 2-1.
—Ryan Canfield, Fox News, 16 Jan. 2025
The center is also shooting the puck more with Svechnikov on his wing and is taking higher-quality shots, which helps explain (and adds more sustainability to) his last few games.
—Shayna Goldman, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
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Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 18 Jan. 2025
Remember, investors are trying to skate to where the puck is going.
—Zev Fima, CNBC, 18 Jan. 2025
After two first period power-play goals by the Wild, McDavid collected the puck in center ice after a turnover and started a passing play that led to Zach Hyman scoring and cut the Wild lead to 2-1.
—Ryan Canfield, Fox News, 16 Jan. 2025
The center is also shooting the puck more with Svechnikov on his wing and is taking higher-quality shots, which helps explain (and adds more sustainability to) his last few games.
—Shayna Goldman, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for puck
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Obsessed with the fantasy genre, this uniquely creative queen designs and sews her own outfits, often with a ‘futuristic elf’ aesthetic.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
3 Jan. 2025
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Men in Santa Claus costumes and women dressed as elves are already converging on lower Manhattan to puke into gutters and pee between cars.—
Liam Sherwin-Murray,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Jan. 2025
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So as ghosts and goblins roam the streets this Halloween season, remember that market fears, like shadows in the night, are often more frightening in our imagination than in reality.—
Robert Daugherty,
Forbes,
29 Oct. 2024
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The event, at the Denver Savoy, will also feature a custom mini-labyrinth and a goblin band in addition to The Whimsy of Things.—
John Wenzel,
The Denver Post,
24 Oct. 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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That’s in addition to the strange creatures that roam the countryside such as faeries and dragon.—
Rob Wieland,
Forbes,
6 Nov. 2024
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The sprites are bright and colorful, and the pictures are crisp.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
15 Jan. 2025
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Hendrix said the sprites at the Biltmore were created in the mid-1980s and gifted to the hotel in 1988.—
Stacey Barchenger,
The Arizona Republic,
4 Dec. 2024
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Wiener’s office cited the case of a transgender woman in Stanislaus County who successfully sued to have her court records made private after she was forcibly outed on social media and at work by anonymous internet trolls , as reported by the San Francisco Chronicle.—
Andrew Sheeler,
Sacramento Bee,
13 Jan. 2025
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In a series of Instagram Stories posted on Thursday, Jan. 9, the country star, 28, clapped back at trolls for coming after his friends online.—
Ilana Kaplan,
People.com,
9 Jan. 2025
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“Puck.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/puck. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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