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Recent Examples of cultist
But the cultists, who are from the game, evoke some of the sillier and more pretentious elements of The Walking Dead, and the point about the danger the Wolves present could have been made without that interlude.
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Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 27 Apr. 2025
Across that time, the actions undertaken by the player are largely the same: carefully navigating a hostile environment in order to find enough supplies to dispatch or slip past a small army of infected, cultists, or militia members.
—Joshua Rivera, Vulture, 21 Apr. 2025
Demons move in waves over cliffs slick with rain, cultists chanting in perfect circles, pentagrams glowing beneath their feet.
—Kazuma Hashimoto, Rolling Stone, 31 Mar. 2025
Dragon types, for example, get individual entries but all cultists are filed in the same entry.
—Rob Wieland, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
The ongoing Escape From Tarkov event is moving at a rapid pace after launching a few days ago, with cultists invading all maps with some serious loot in their pockets.
—Mike Stubbs, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
At other times, he’s called to action as a respected adventurer to investigate missing persons and MacGuffins, which generally leads to a series of globe-spanning scraps with members Axis Powers (sometimes cultists and commies too).
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 10 Dec. 2024
Bottom line: In a true free market, absent the heavy hand of climate cultists, EV’s would be the land lines of the 21st century.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 6 Apr. 2024
The penultimate chapter of The Last of Us centers Ellie and her discovery of a vile preacher named David, a cultist who has turned his people into monsters by feeding them human flesh.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2024
Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 27 Apr. 2025
Across that time, the actions undertaken by the player are largely the same: carefully navigating a hostile environment in order to find enough supplies to dispatch or slip past a small army of infected, cultists, or militia members.
—Joshua Rivera, Vulture, 21 Apr. 2025
Demons move in waves over cliffs slick with rain, cultists chanting in perfect circles, pentagrams glowing beneath their feet.
—Kazuma Hashimoto, Rolling Stone, 31 Mar. 2025
Dragon types, for example, get individual entries but all cultists are filed in the same entry.
—Rob Wieland, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
The ongoing Escape From Tarkov event is moving at a rapid pace after launching a few days ago, with cultists invading all maps with some serious loot in their pockets.
—Mike Stubbs, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
At other times, he’s called to action as a respected adventurer to investigate missing persons and MacGuffins, which generally leads to a series of globe-spanning scraps with members Axis Powers (sometimes cultists and commies too).
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 10 Dec. 2024
Bottom line: In a true free market, absent the heavy hand of climate cultists, EV’s would be the land lines of the 21st century.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 6 Apr. 2024
The penultimate chapter of The Last of Us centers Ellie and her discovery of a vile preacher named David, a cultist who has turned his people into monsters by feeding them human flesh.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cultist
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His inner conversation must be very loud and very extreme. Dedra, on the other hand, is a zealot.—
Brian Hiatt,
Rolling Stone,
25 Apr. 2025
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But among this more tolerant company, Aurangzeb is considered something of a dark horse – a religious zealot and complex character.—
Rhea Mogul,
CNN Money,
18 Apr. 2025
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“Cultist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cultist. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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