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Recent Examples of cronesAt a central spot, the crones halted, pulled out their cauldron and began the dark ritual.—Chicago Tribune, 2 Mar. 2026 Somewhere in Budapest right now, two crones hovered over a cauldron of goulash are looking ahead to Sunday.—Greg Cote
february 3, Miami Herald, 3 Feb. 2026
Others determined how to identify and punish witches.
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Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
26 May 2026
Released in 1993, Hocus Pocus is set on a Halloween Night when three 17th century witches — Winnie (Midler), Sarah (Parker), and Mary (Najimy) — are resurrected in Salem, Massachusetts, hundreds of years after their heyday.