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cultist

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as in zealot

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Recent Examples of cultist These are artifacts for cultists, to be sure, but how big is the clique that has been waiting to hear all this unvaulted material? — Chris Willman, Variety, 17 Feb. 2026 Islamists battled for their own theocratic nation, and bands of Christian cultists—whom locals, naming them according to their most notorious act, called chop-chop—severed the heads of those deemed unholy in villages and towns across Mindanao. — Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026 The Director warns Eve that this is a rogue group of lawless cultists and orders her not to pursue the matter. — ArsTechnica, 1 Jan. 2026 Documentaries like The Vow and Escaping Twin Flames expose the cults among us, and fictional accounts like The Girls and The Last Housewife dive deep into the cultist’s psyche. — Literary Hub, 20 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for cultist

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Traditional safety zealot Phil Koopman points out that the public would not accept a system that cuts fatalities by 80% but the remaining ones are all children.

— Brad Templeton, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
Garrett says the new protocols acknowledge that academic institutions have the responsibility to take steps for the safety of their researchers and protect them from potentially dangerous interactions with conspiracy theorists and other reactionary zealots.

— Emma Gometz, Scientific American, 12 June 2026

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The documentary follows Christine Marie, a former fundamentalist who became an expert in cults, and her husband, Tolga Katas, embedding themselves among the Samuelite Group with the hopes of garnering evidence to bring to the police.

— Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 10 Apr. 2026
Directed by Dretzin, False Prophet began in earnest with Christine Marie, a former fundamentalist who became an expert in cults, and her videographer husband, Tolga Katas, moving to Short Creek and embedding themselves amongst the local sect.

— Derek Lawrence, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Apr. 2026

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