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Recent Examples of warlock
Taking care of the ball is never easy against the warlocks of the Thunder defense, but Indiana has committed 16 or fewer turnovers in four of the six games so far.
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The Athletic Nba Staff, New York Times, 22 June 2025
Elphaba busies herself trying to expose the corruption helmed by the Wizard of Oz (Jeff Goldblum), while Glinda dons a tiara and becomes the people’s princess of the Emerald City, playing directly into the faux warlock’s agenda.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 5 June 2025
Salem, a 500-year-old human warlock sentenced to live for 100 years as a cat as punishment for his magical hubris, embodies this tension brilliantly.
—Katie Rife, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2024
This month, revelers across the nation are dressing up as witches and warlocks.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Oct. 2024
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The Athletic Nba Staff, New York Times, 22 June 2025
Elphaba busies herself trying to expose the corruption helmed by the Wizard of Oz (Jeff Goldblum), while Glinda dons a tiara and becomes the people’s princess of the Emerald City, playing directly into the faux warlock’s agenda.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 5 June 2025
Salem, a 500-year-old human warlock sentenced to live for 100 years as a cat as punishment for his magical hubris, embodies this tension brilliantly.
—Katie Rife, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2024
This month, revelers across the nation are dressing up as witches and warlocks.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for warlock
Noun
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Based on Gege Akutami’s manga, the film follows Gojo Satoru and Geto Suguru, two sorcerers tasked with protecting Amanai Riko, a student chosen as the Star Plasma Vessel, while being pursued by curse users and a religious cult.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
20 Oct. 2025
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The sorcerers also reveal that Bruce Banner has become Infinity Hulk, a living vessel for the Infinity Stones.—
Allison DeGrushe,
Entertainment Weekly,
26 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Drinkwitz likened quarterback Diego Pavia to a magician.—
Chase Gemes,
Kansas City Star,
24 Oct. 2025
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In this 2005 Disney Channel Original Movie, Aly Michalka plays Allyson Miller, an aspiring television producer who creates a reality show searching for the next great kid magician.—
Catherine Santino,
PEOPLE,
23 Oct. 2025
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Season 2, subtitled Arise from the Shadow, saw Jinwoo further master his necromancer abilities on a mission to save his mother.—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
23 Oct. 2025
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Amon, a tank-like Forgeknight; and Vex, a Siren who has the ability to spawn minions and drain life from enemies like a necromancer.—
Gieson Cacho,
Mercury News,
15 Oct. 2025
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The apple-munching Euphoria actor slipped into Tilda Swinton’s plush period dress from the ravishing 1992 drama, joined by Jeff Goldblum, Wicked’s wizard himself, in sparkly Gucci.—
Radhika Seth,
Vogue,
27 Oct. 2025
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Three years after their wonderfully creepy first feature film Coraline, the stop-motion wizards at Laika released this horror comedy about an 11-year-old boy who can communicate with the dead.—
Chris Snellgrove,
Entertainment Weekly,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Warlock.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/warlock. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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