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  • All right, you tell Uncle Felix," said Aunt Ethel, turning toward the roses, spreading her little hand out chordlike over them, "—of course he must have these-that that's Souvenir de Claudius Pernet-and that's Mermaid-Mary Wallace-Silver Moon— those three of course Etoiles-and oh, Duquesa de Penaranda-Gruss an Aachen's of course his cutting he grew for me a thousand years ago— but there's my Climbing Thor!†   (source)
  • Thor is a one-man dog.†   (source)
  • Thor is the main character of a Marvel Comics series.
  • But during the feast, the bride—Thor, that is—devours an entire ox and eight salmon.†   (source)
  • Mancuso tapped Thor's Twins with his pencil.†   (source)
  • "The only thing holding them back," Sam said, "is their fear of Thor.†   (source)
  • Thor swung his iron staff to demonstrate his ninja moves.†   (source)
  • The mythological explanation for rain was therefore that Thor was swinging his hammer.†   (source)
  • I'd gotten Thor's assault team into the giants' lair to retrieve the hammer.†   (source)
  • Thor—the Batman or James Bond of the gods—has once again conquered the forces of evil.†   (source)
  • The word "thunder" in Norwegian—"Thor-d0n"—means Thor's roar.†   (source)
  • Ah, Mr. Thor, even if we could get you close enough to Thrym, killing him wouldn't help.†   (source)
  • Thor roars with laughter when he is given the hammer.†   (source)
  • Thor pointed his hammer at Thrynga as casually as if he were channel surfing.†   (source)
  • It tells how Thor, rising from sleep, finds that his hammer is gone.†   (source)
  • As dinner ended, Thor rode off in his chariot without even acknowledging us.†   (source)
  • So Thor was worshipped as the god of fertility.†   (source)
  • At the summit stood the god Thor, his red beard and shaggy hair flecked with ice, his eyes blazing.†   (source)
  • There was another reason why Thor was important, a reason related to the entire world order.†   (source)
  • I stared at the letters on Thor's Kevlar vest.†   (source)
  • "Thor could hide his body in a wedding dress," Thrym said, "but he could not hide his appetite."†   (source)
  • Could it be that the giants had stolen Thor's hammer?†   (source)
  • He suggests that Thor dress up as a bride.†   (source)
  • Every time Thor turned, he collided with them and had to shove them out of the way.†   (source)
  • So Thor allows himself to be attired in bridal costume, with Loki as his bridesmaid.†   (source)
  • Ages ago, when Thor's hammer was first stolen by my grandfather—†   (source)
  • To put it in present-day terms, Thor and Loki are the gods' "anti-terrorist squad.†   (source)
  • It's buried somewhere eight miles under the earth, where even Thor can't reach it.†   (source)
  • "Listen to brave Vidar, girl," said Thor.†   (source)
  • Thor was a central figure in this battle with the giants.†   (source)
  • I explained to Thor about the photo of Bridal Veil Falls.†   (source)
  • Disguised as women, their mission is to breach the giants' stronghold and recapture Thor's hammer.†   (source)
  • "As I said," she continued, "I am Thor's wife.†   (source)
  • "When the hammer appears"—Thor grinned evilly—"we move in, gods and einherjar.†   (source)
  • Thor frowned as if he'd just had a thought, which must have been a painful experience.†   (source)
  • If I worked for the thunder god, I too would have flinched when I heard Thor's name.†   (source)
  • Hearthstone produced Thor's two-by-four hall-pass key and set it on the manager's desk.†   (source)
  • I mean ...wasn't it his idea to sneak Thor into your grandfather's wedding?†   (source)
  • Sif and Thor are just too dense to pick up on it.†   (source)
  • When I was done, Thor announced his well-reasoned conclusion.†   (source)
  • "Oh, don't try to console me, Mr. Elf," said Thor.†   (source)
  • You know how badly you have to annoy Thor before he eats us in that form?†   (source)
  • Burned into the side of the plank were the words THOR'S HALL.†   (source)
  • —Thor came disguised in a wedding dress to get it back.†   (source)
  • I swear, Thor needs to have that hammer duct-taped to his face.†   (source)
  • Go find Thor and tell him what you've learned.†   (source)
  • "The larger point," Thor butted in, "is that you're not even a proper girl!†   (source)
  • Thor pounded me on the back—fortunately with his hand and not his hammer.†   (source)
  • We waited for Thor's mental gears to turn.†   (source)
  • Thor smashed his air-hockey paddles together.†   (source)
  • Each night, Thor killed and ate them for dinner.†   (source)
  • If not, you should leave Thor's hammer lost.†   (source)
  • Then, being Thor, he lifted his right leg and farted a thunderclap.†   (source)
  • Thor's eyebrows furrowed, sparking like jumper cables.†   (source)
  • Therefore, even if you go through with the marriage and get Thor's hammer back—†   (source)
  • "I appreciate that, Lord Thor," she said at last.†   (source)
  • She said trustworthy like it was a word Thor might not have heard before.†   (source)
  • Thor stormed in first, holding his iron staff like a rifle, pointing it in every direction.†   (source)
  • Whoever it is, he or she doesn't want us following this lead on Thor's hammer.†   (source)
  • There was more to this wedding deal than getting Thor's hammer back.†   (source)
  • I wasn't sure which possibility scared me more, Thor attacking Alex, or Alex attacking Thor.†   (source)
  • They also provided Thor with a never-ending supply of goat meat.†   (source)
  • —is just a poetic way of saying lightning, since Thor's the thunder god and all.†   (source)
  • Halfborn had pulled his groin trying to pick up Thor's hammer.†   (source)
  • Also, when you invoke it, you can get a little ...Thor-like.†   (source)
  • Because we didn't have time to return this to Thor, but honestly we meant to.†   (source)
  • I could see Sam gritting her teeth, trying not to yell at Thor.†   (source)
  • I thought about the thousand giants I'd seen in my dream, marching into battle to challenge Thor.†   (source)
  • We have to find Thor's hammer before the first of spring, or entire worlds will be destroyed.†   (source)
  • It is a mighty weapon, yes, but when Ragnarok comes, Thor will be outnumbered.†   (source)
  • He wanted to "help us" get Thor's hammer back by marrying off Samirah?†   (source)
  • But Thor is the one who killed my grandfather, my father, my mother, my entire family!†   (source)
  • The point is, he's decided that he is the only one who can negotiate for Thor's hammer.†   (source)
  • "Actually," Sam said, "we're looking for Thor's hammer."†   (source)
  • "This has never been about Thor's hammer," I realized.†   (source)
  • What does any of this have to do with Thor's hammer?†   (source)
  • And try not to send Thor into a murderous rage.†   (source)
  • You can ask Thor about it when you see him, which I'm sure will be very soon.†   (source)
  • But Thor has all sorts of enemies who would want to stop us from getting his—his ham back.†   (source)
  • With his gauntlets, Thor raised his hammer—the mighty Mjolnir.†   (source)
  • Buddy, can you sense Thor's hammer anywhere around here?†   (source)
  • Three giants were still staggering around with Thor's hammer, not sure what to do with it.†   (source)
  • "Hey, Thor," I said, in a voice about as manly as his pigtails.†   (source)
  • Meanwhile, Thor partied like a madman, bodysurfing over crowds of einherjar and Valkyries.†   (source)
  • "Yes, yes, hello, Sumarbrander," Thor grumbled.†   (source)
  • I just figured it was the sort of thing Thor would respond to.†   (source)
  • I wouldn't be able to do Thor any favors if he smashed my face in with an air-hockey paddle.†   (source)
  • If you came here looking for Thor's hammer, I'm afraid someone gave you very bad information.†   (source)
  • Jack cheered, clinking against Thor's staff in a high five ...or a high just-one.†   (source)
  • On the pedestal at the bottom was engraved: AWARD OF VALOR FOR RETRIEVING THOR'S HAMMER.†   (source)
  • Normally we have boring guests like Thor.†   (source)
  • 'With Thor's hammer in his possession'?†   (source)
  • I suppose it will be easier than putting Thor in a wedding dress, but we have a lot of work to do.†   (source)
  • "So anyway," I said, "we have to assume we can't sneak Thor in with the wedding party."†   (source)
  • Five minutes isn't much time, even for Thor's chariot.†   (source)
  • As for Thor ...I didn't have much faith in him.†   (source)
  • Maybe Thor had assured them, too, that it was a problem easily fixed.†   (source)
  • Maybe in the process you get Thor's hammer back.†   (source)
  • Could Thor still follow our progress through his goats' eyes and ears?†   (source)
  • Also, Thor gets cranky trying to watch his shows on the staff.†   (source)
  • "Besides," Thor added, "I don't need to search for the scoundrel.†   (source)
  • Three of the giants had surrounded Thor's hammer again.†   (source)
  • Thor glowered down at the thousand dead enemies now littering the slopes.†   (source)
  • Or even better, just tell Thor and make him do it.†   (source)
  • I'd been too preoccupied with Thor's stupid TV hammer.†   (source)
  • Had Thor and his team been able to get inside?†   (source)
  • And what does it have to do with Thor's hammer?†   (source)
  • The hammer of Thor emerged and settled in a caldera of rubble.†   (source)
  • "Lord Thor," Sam said, "how will you know when the time is right to charge in?"†   (source)
  • After all, Thrym's grandfather once stole Thor's hammer and it didn't go so well.†   (source)
  • Even if you could find Thrym's fortress, he wouldn't be stupid enough to keep Thor's hammer there.†   (source)
  • "A gender ...whatever you said," Thor amended.†   (source)
  • I care nothing about Thor's hammer one way or the other!†   (source)
  • Why doesn't Thor go and check this barrow himself?†   (source)
  • Even if Thor wanted to plan an assault, he'd have no idea where to start on any given day.†   (source)
  • "They don't want Thor getting in," Alex guessed, "and stealing back his hammer."†   (source)
  • No child of Thor or Odin or even noble Tyr could have withstood Hel's promises, Loki's silver words.†   (source)
  • "King Olaf Ironfoot has the hammer of Thor," Sven said.†   (source)
  • Normally I only get to devour the children of Thor, or Odin, or my old friend Tyr.†   (source)
  • No way would I room with Thor the Homophobe.†   (source)
  • "But I can't," Thor muttered to himself.†   (source)
  • Mjolnir carries the power of Thor's own mighty arm within it.†   (source)
  • Because Anno Domini, in the Year of Our Lord, is fine for Christians, but Thor gets a little upset.†   (source)
  • With Mjolnir we may kill Huitzilopoctli as Thor slew the frost giants.†   (source)
  • Thor landed in front of us in all his grungy glory.†   (source)
  • Great Thor is lost to us, we know not where or how, but his hammer, Mjolnir, is not.†   (source)
  • "Lord Thor," Sam said, "we actually came here looking for you.†   (source)
  • And weren't there a couple of movies about Thor?†   (source)
  • We'll give you Thor's weapon for that lovely talking sword.†   (source)
  • Still, Thor was having so much fun it was hard to change the subject.†   (source)
  • If she was Thor's kid, that explained why she hated Sam.†   (source)
  • Then they started to chant, "THOR, THOR, THOR!"†   (source)
  • "Lord Th— I mean, Thor," said Sam, "Won't you come with us?†   (source)
  • Oh, we have something like that ...something that belongs to Thor himself.†   (source)
  • Thor glowered at the neighborhood-size corpse in the middle of the icy swamp.†   (source)
  • If Thor's camp was still there, I saw no sign of it.†   (source)
  • If you want someone who can navigate one hundred and seventy channels of HD content, go to Thor.†   (source)
  • Well, maybe not about the endorsement deal with Thor—but you have real talent, Blitzen.†   (source)
  • Thor started to pace again, his long red hair sparking and popping.†   (source)
  • We killed your sister—big ugly lady, trying to block the river and drown Thor?†   (source)
  • In the meantime, explain why you were asking the giants about Thor's weapon.†   (source)
  • I remembered Thor being pretty specific about not telling anyone of his missing hammer.†   (source)
  • Thor without his flying chariot would be like a dwarf without an emergency parachute!†   (source)
  • "Jack," I said, "we're looking for Thor.†   (source)
  • Thor reached out toward the supply closet.†   (source)
  • We actually came here to bargain for Thor's weapon.†   (source)
  • "Kid, this is Thor's backup weapon," Blitz explained.†   (source)
  • All of them had been heroes—the children of Odin, Thor, or Tyr.†   (source)
  • Unlike his movie version, there was nothing polished about Thor.†   (source)
  • He looked more like Thor from the movies than Thor did.†   (source)
  • Last question: Thor is a martial artist?†   (source)
  • Let's see, today is Thor's Day the sixteenth.†   (source)
  • In the old stories, Thor and Loki were always trying to melt each other's faces.†   (source)
  • Gunilla over there ...she's a daughter of Thor.†   (source)
  • I didn't care so much about saving Thor.†   (source)
  • Thor had said I'd be sent where I needed to go.†   (source)
  • Let me guess, Lord Thor: you've lost your hammer again.†   (source)
  • Thor executed a few thrusts, swipes, and baton twirls.†   (source)
  • Well, you're much more interesting than those dense children of Thor who usually challenge me.†   (source)
  • "Lord Thor," she said, "invading a giant's fortress with only three people would be ..."†   (source)
  • Magnus and I will go in, find Thor's hammer, and free Gunilla.†   (source)
  • If the giants believed Thor had lost his hammer ...the consequences would be unthinkable.†   (source)
  • Thor tried to shout but got a mouthful of river.†   (source)
  • For a child of Thor, you think too much.†   (source)
  • Sam stayed at the edge of the fire, as far from Thor as she could get.†   (source)
  • Why did Thor send you back to middle school?†   (source)
  • Lord Thor, how are we supposed to find your hammer if we can't mention—†   (source)
  • We'll get you an endorsement deal with Thor, and you'll start a fashion trend.†   (source)
  • I'm not a big fan of Thor, but if he can give us directions to Lyngvi, we need to talk to him.†   (source)
  • THOR WAS STILL SNORING like a defective wood chipper when we were ready to leave the next morning.†   (source)
  • I looked down at the drool turning to ice in Thor's beard.†   (source)
  • The Aesir are mostly gods of war: Odin, Thor, Tyr, and the rest.†   (source)
  • I hope we're able to pick it up and carry it back to Thor.†   (source)
  • "Magnus," Sam interrupted, "Lord Thor's two sons Magni and Modi are fated to survive Ragnarok.†   (source)
  • "But Loki made life interesting," Thor continued.†   (source)
  • 'What kind of animals would you like pulling your chariot, Thor?' my dad asked me.†   (source)
  • I explained to him that Thor would tear the joint apart if they tried to separate us.†   (source)
  • I'd rather team with Thor than with a platoon of Combat Pioneers.†   (source)
  • Thor and I are going to live off the country.†   (source)
  • Perhaps the myth was an attempt to explain the changing seasons of the year: in the winter Nature dies because Thor's hammer is in jotunheim.†   (source)
  • As long as the giants have Thor's hammer, they have total control over the world of gods and mortals.†   (source)
  • And since everybody believed that the rain had something to do with Thor, he was one of the most important of the Norse gods.†   (source)
  • But there were countless myths about Thor and Odin, Freyr and Frey a, Hoder and Balder and many other gods.†   (source)
  • When Thrym lifts the bridal veil to kiss the bride, he is startled to find himself looking into Thor's burning eyes.†   (source)
  • The offering to Thor was usualy a goat.†   (source)
  • Understandably, Thor is not wildly enthusiastic about the idea, but he finally accepts that this is the only way he will ever get his hammer back.†   (source)
  • Before Christianity came to Norway, people believed that Thor rode across the sky in a chariot drawn by two goats.†   (source)
  • Accompanied by his henchman Loki he goes to Freyja to ask if Loki may borrow her wings so that he can fly to Jotunheim, the land of the giants, and find out if they are the ones who have stolen Thor's hammer.†   (source)
  • The place was so huge I didn't even see Thor until he marched out from behind the Dance Dance Revolution machine.†   (source)
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