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Noun
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Enter: the witch, who traveled to Brosnahan's home to lift the curse.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
17 July 2025 -
As a costume designer, I was excited by the creative challenges like the ghosts, witches, supernatural elements, mental breakdowns.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
12 July 2025
Noun
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Today, there are 12 practitioners at Tea & Tarot that do a variety of things including Akashic records, tea leaf readings, angel numbers and numerology, herbal facials, tarot, herbal tarot, crone magic, astrology, mediumship and animal communication.—
Sarah Kyrcz,
Hartford Courant,
25 July 2025
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Hahn: Agatha wears this locket around her neck with Hecate — the maiden, mother, crone.—
Angelique Jackson,
Variety,
12 June 2025
Noun
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That lady is really the aforementioned murderous hag (Meredith Binder), her false veneer of youthful beauty reinforced by a magic mirror’s flattering (if also caustic) topless female spirits, and sustained via grisly methods seemingly inspired by Elizabeth Bathory.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
2 May 2025
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Several get small charts offering ideas to inspire how the monster could be used, such as what strange price a hag might have for its secrets or what an owlbear might keep in its den beyond treasure.—
Rob Wieland,
Forbes,
20 Feb. 2025
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“Beldam.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beldam. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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