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Recent Examples of little people
The Royal Russian Midget Troupe was a group of 20 little people who performed throughout Germany, Japan and Russia before coming to the United States in 1932.
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Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 25 Dec. 2025
Fernandez was raised in Pittsburgh by adoptive parents, also little people, who’d met at an annual meeting of Little People of America.
—E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2025
Mickey books him into a residency at the swanky Wynn Casino, passing the whole thing off as part of his newfound interest in giving back to the little people, not his bone-deep interest in looking out for himself.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 12 Sep. 2025
As an extra challenge for Wheat, the extended (and hair-raisingly hilarious) sequence of a horde of children running through glass doors and breaking down wooden fences was accomplished by 17 little people, meaning the hairstylist had to match each stunt double’s hair to a child actor’s.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for little people
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The series centers around Timmy Turner, a miserable 10-year-old whose life improves significantly after he is given two fairy godparents named Wanda and Cosmo.—
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The toy projects an AI hologram companion that resembles a dragon or fairy.—
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The reindeer team, the elf team — everyone will be there.—
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Jenkins dressed as Santa Claus at community events and the 6-feet-3-inch, 145-pound Bledsoe as an elf.—
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On set, however, managing scenes that required baby Toby to cry was a delicate process – one made possible by actress Shari Weiser, who controlled the goblin Hoggle from inside a suit.—
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The kallikantzaroi are a group of blind, black goblins who live underground during most of the year sawing at the world tree – a motif throughout various folklores that connects the heavens to the Earth.—
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And a bunch of trolls essentially took notice of this and then started prompting Grok to put tons of different people in these compromising situations.—
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In February 2018, Hadid shut down Twitter trolls who had nasty things to say about her appearance on the catwalk during New York Fashion Week.—
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And thank the faeries for that.—
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The Unseelie Court is the bastion of malevolent faeries who harm humans for their amusement or to exact revenge.—
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The stop-motion Harrison has friendly interactions with gnomes, a Venus flytrap, a distinguished-looking oak tree, and even a sentient being who lives in a cave.—
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Included are dazzling light displays, live music and enchanting gnome houses.—
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There’s also been an uptick in super-short haircuts across the nation since Stone stepped out with a pixie.—
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The bixie—a trending cut halfway between a traditional pixie and a bob—also proved its vintage styling potential on the carpet.—
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Ryan Coogler knows ball … specifically, leprechauns who play ball.—
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On a recent weeklong daddy-and-me trip to Ireland, the duo donned sports coats and tweed hats to board planes, hunted for green apples in hotel gyms, and fueled up on Irish pub food for energy to chase leprechauns.—
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“Little people.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/little%20people. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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