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Recent Examples of exorcism
Among the weird things people left behind were a full sheet of uncut $2 bills, a toilet seat, silicone butt pads, a rattlesnake preserved in a jar of whiskey and an antique French guide to performing exorcisms.
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Zach Wichter, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2025
David Sanborn’s alto wails through the title track like an exorcism, while Carlos Alomar lays down the kind of liquid guitar groove that would define Bowie’s next few years.
—Darryn King, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
There’s been an exorcism on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2025
One display relates the history of the tarantella, a traditional Italian dance that began as a form of musical exorcism to cure wolf spider bites; visitors can practice the steps on a small dance floor with the help of an instructional video.
—Emily McClanathan, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2025
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Zach Wichter, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2025
David Sanborn’s alto wails through the title track like an exorcism, while Carlos Alomar lays down the kind of liquid guitar groove that would define Bowie’s next few years.
—Darryn King, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
There’s been an exorcism on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2025
One display relates the history of the tarantella, a traditional Italian dance that began as a form of musical exorcism to cure wolf spider bites; visitors can practice the steps on a small dance floor with the help of an instructional video.
—Emily McClanathan, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for exorcism
Noun
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In this eerie tale about fear, lust, and female empowerment, the real question becomes whether this is an act of witchcraft—or a witch hunt.—
Shannon Carlin,
Time,
22 May 2025
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In the film, rotoscope animation sets the stage for 17th century story about a woman accused of witchcraft whose trial reveals the presence of a werewolf in a deeply religious Livonian community’s midst.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
16 May 2025
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His putting is and will always be capable of sorcery.—
Brendan Quinn,
New York Times,
14 May 2025
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Bassett’s sword and sorcery movie Red Sonja will be released by Samuel Goldwyn Films later this year.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
9 May 2025
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Disney has been dabbling in digital necromancy ever since Rogue One, which featured a recreation of Peter Cushing's likeness as Grand Moff Tarkin.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2025
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The end of an era Happily for sacrificial bats and young cousins all over Europe, necromancy was waning by the end of the 18th century.—
Jonny Thomson,
Big Think,
18 Dec. 2024
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As belief in traditional religions decreases and the rise of spirituality and skepticism in traditional institutions continues, this form of divination—looking to cards for answers for future, present, or past events—is on the rise.—
Michaela Trimble,
Vogue,
21 Apr. 2025
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The team found evidence of four different plants that are associated with ancient Maya medicine and divination rituals.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
26 Dec. 2024
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Ramsay is a filmmaker of undeniable formal wizardry and a fearless explorer of psychological rupture.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
20 May 2025
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The Hood is a mystical villain, and somehow, Williams will need to figure out how high-tech wizardry can combat outright magic.—
Michileen Martin,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 May 2025
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Now throw in the witchery of artificial intelligence and satellites over every corner of Earth and cameras catching every spy’s wink and nod, and nothing is safe for coordinating a bombing strike except for the secure room with the clouded windows.—
Joe Soucheray,
Twin Cities,
29 Mar. 2025
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All three are presented in the episode-two challenge, where they are suspended in cages above the ground out in the woods, like they’ve been accused of witchery or something.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
9 Jan. 2025
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King Shrewd secretly trains young Fitz as an assassin, harnessing his ancestral magic.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
25 May 2025
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At Cruise’s behest, McQuarrie’s stunts imitate the most primitive filmmaking — not the awe-inspiring magic of Georges Méliès but the Lumière brothers’ rudimentary documentation of action.—
Armond White,
National Review,
23 May 2025
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