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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cantrips
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As prospective farmers struggled to clear forests for rice fields in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Malaya, their efforts might have been accompanied by mystical incantations like this invocation against Iblis, the Devil in Islamic tradition.
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Where ancient midwives had summoned divine assistance by uttering incantations, medieval maternity caregivers called upon saintly mothers by reciting rhythmical charms.
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Turns out Danhausen isn’t the only celebrity throwing down jinxes.
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These days, many people who love the North Rim speak of it as a lost world, a kingdom whose enchantments have gone up in smoke and whose luster will never be the same.
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Bagehot and other upholders of depoliticizing enchantments could not have imagined a scenario in which Andrew, once second in line for the throne, and Larry Summers, a former Ivy League president hailed as one of America’s leading public intellectuals, are caught up in the Jeffrey Epstein scandal.
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Why the invocations of Tubman, the readings of Du Bois, the visits from Hamer?
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After a while, though, all the professions of sincerity and thanks, the constant invocations of the one true POTUS, and the worshipful exhibits upstairs give the whole place a cultish, nostalgic gleam.
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The former midfielder has had spells at Pisa, Milan and Napoli, in addition to Sion, Palermo, OFI, Valencia, Marseille and Hajduk Split across 13 years in management.
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Summer drownings are an annual problem that health authorities say worsens during hot spells.
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Morgan and her Judgment Day cronies tried to bribe Danhausen to put curses on their opponents.
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In baseball, curses are no joking matter, and the Curse of the FTD Burger might now have befallen the team.
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But there might be ancient magics trapped underground as well, sparking competing interests with Cod’s potential discoveries in this standalone adventure.
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Sorceresses, with their bewitching glamours and their constant meddling in affairs of state, are pariahs of a different kind.
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“Cantrips.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cantrips. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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