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Recent Examples of exorcism
Read more: • Democrats seek a ‘political exorcism’.
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Jonathan Easley, The Hill, 20 Jan. 2025
This includes the ability to prophesy, heal, interpret different tongues, receive visions, and to perform miracles or exorcisms.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2024
Demand for exorcisms boomed in the wake of the film, along with a crop of renegade priests willing to perform the ritual without the Church's approval.
—Katie Rife, EW.com, 13 Oct. 2024
This was the exorcism of another of last season’s ghosts.
—Beren Cross, The Athletic, 6 Feb. 2025
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Jonathan Easley, The Hill, 20 Jan. 2025
This includes the ability to prophesy, heal, interpret different tongues, receive visions, and to perform miracles or exorcisms.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2024
Demand for exorcisms boomed in the wake of the film, along with a crop of renegade priests willing to perform the ritual without the Church's approval.
—Katie Rife, EW.com, 13 Oct. 2024
This was the exorcism of another of last season’s ghosts.
—Beren Cross, The Athletic, 6 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for exorcism
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Continuing in the tradition of such Disney+ witchcraft staples as the Hocus Pocus movie franchise and Marvel’s Agatha All Along, Disney Branded Television has given a pilot order to Coven Academy (woking title), a single-camera supernatural dramedy for Disney Channel and Disney+.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
11 Mar. 2025
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The two women and their supporters are seeking a pardon, an apology and a national memorial in honor of all those accused and convicted of witchcraft during the law’s 173-year reign.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
10 Mar. 2025
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Generating sophisticated charts or extracting hidden insights was a form of sorcery few dared to question.—
Florian Douetteau,
Forbes.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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The act was short and provided few details about what constituted witchcraft, sorcery or necromancy.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
10 Mar. 2025
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The act was short and provided few details about what constituted witchcraft, sorcery or necromancy.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
10 Mar. 2025
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After her death, Morgan even resorted to necromancy, reviving the People’s Princess (now embodied by Elizabeth Debicki) as an apparition who soothes a disconsolate Charles (Dominic West) and makes peace with a grieving but resentful Elizabeth (Imelda Staunton).—
Inkoo Kang,
The New Yorker,
14 Dec. 2023
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Spider divination In Cameroon, Mambila spider divination (nggam du)) poses difficult questions to spiders or land crabs that live in holes in the ground.—
Michelle Aroney and David Zeitlyn,
Smithsonian Magazine,
2 Jan. 2025
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Following her magnificent turn as a Sicilian divination witch in Agatha All Along, Patti LuPone is returning to the small screen for another flashy role.—
Nick Romano,
EW.com,
3 Jan. 2025
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Plus, Guardians’ wizardry deserves more attention Prospect Cam Smith makes Astros’ Opening Day roster after just 32 minor-league games NL West’s real race starts in Arizona.—
Jon Greenberg,
New York Times,
26 Mar. 2025
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Filming each episode required three weeks of intense rehearsal, technical wizardry, and intricate choreography that actors likened to a theatre production.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
25 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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There’s also a glimpse of Billy, Lilia and Jen channeling iconic Disney heroes and villains, plus requisite flashbacks to Agatha and Rio’s days of Salem witchery.—
Matt Webb Mitovich,
TVLine,
14 Oct. 2024
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The magic of Magnolia’s Seed Bar doesn't stop there—every seed available for purchase can also be spotted around The Silos and even in Gaines’ garden.—
Sophia Beams,
Better Homes & Gardens,
5 Apr. 2025
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There are few experiences that encapsulate the magic of New York City quite like seeing a Broadway show.—
Judy Koutsky,
Forbes.com,
5 Apr. 2025
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“Exorcism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exorcism. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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