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  • present tense form of troll (3rd person singular).

trolls

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  1. In Norse mythology, repulsive dwarfs who lived in caves or other hidden places. They would steal children and property but hated noise. The troll in the children's story “The Three Billy Goats Gruff,” for example, lives under a bridge and is enraged when he hears the goats crossing the bridge.


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You must be prepared to stridently defend it to the trolls.

From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026

The company tried to report and block the trolls, but they kept popping up with new profiles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

It might seem strange to look this deeply into the why of Matt Damon as Odysseus, since his casting didn’t agitate right-wing trolls.

From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2026

Katseye, who share a label with Le Sserafim, say the senior band helped when they encountered their own internet trolls.

From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026

The trolls closed in on me and licked their lips with horribly long gray tongues.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff

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