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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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As she’s recently learned, it’s an adventure that sails smack into islands of musky internet trolls and clashes with cinematic and literary titans like Christopher Nolan and Joyce Carol Oates.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 4, 2026

One can, on the internet, even encounter trolls akin to the golem versions of real people that we see in the film.

From Salon Jun. 8, 2026

"Content farms and internet trolls are happy to oblige them."

From Barron's May 18, 2026

The latest model had a tendency to mention other creatures as well: raccoons, trolls, ogres and pigeons, to be specific.

From The Wall Street Journal May 1, 2026

The trolls hesitate, before saying: “No, Lord Tano.”

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

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