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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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Some draw internet trolls but far more garner dozens of supportive replies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

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

From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026

While the upstairs business has brought in tens of thousands of new customers and hundreds of thousands of dollars, it has also attracted trolls trying to shut JapanLA down.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 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

But unluckily for me, trolls are very hospitable, and Mard took my cup and plunged it into the pot of sludge.

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

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