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  • A troop of heavy-armed uruks from Barad-dûr charged into the Durthang line and threw them into confusion.

    The Lord of the Rings Tolkien, J. R. R. 1954

  • Beside them, running up and down the line, went two of the large fierce uruks, cracking lashes and shouting.

    The Lord of the Rings Tolkien, J. R. R. 1954

  • Others also came down from the Misty Mountains, many being great uruks in the service of Saruman, though it was long before that was suspected.

    The Lord of the Rings Tolkien, J. R. R. 1954

  • In the last years of Denethor I the race of uruks, black orcs of great strength, first appeared out of Mordor, and in 2475 they swept across Ithilien and took Osgiliath.

    The Lord of the Rings Tolkien, J. R. R. 1954

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