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or daemon
1
as in devil
an evil spirit
only in rare cases is the ancient rite of exorcism performed to cast out a troublesome demon
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Recent Examples of demon
Things become complicated when a popular rival boy band, The Saja Boys, are revealed to be demons.
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Laura Sirikul, Forbes.com, 19 June 2025
Wilson himself was celebrated for his beautiful music and pitied for his demons.
—Arkansas Online, 12 June 2025
Despite decades away from the musical mainstream in the 1970s and '80s, when his psychological demons were most aggressive, Wilson's towering impact was never in question.
—Marco Della Cava, USA Today, 12 June 2025
Wilson himself was celebrated for his gifts and pitied for his demons.
—CBS News, 11 June 2025
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Laura Sirikul, Forbes.com, 19 June 2025
Wilson himself was celebrated for his beautiful music and pitied for his demons.
—Arkansas Online, 12 June 2025
Despite decades away from the musical mainstream in the 1970s and '80s, when his psychological demons were most aggressive, Wilson's towering impact was never in question.
—Marco Della Cava, USA Today, 12 June 2025
Wilson himself was celebrated for his gifts and pitied for his demons.
—CBS News, 11 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for demon
Noun
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Assign someone to challenge ideas or play devil’s advocate.—
Elizabeth Freedman,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2025
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Like, Mars is a character, kind of like a devil on my shoulder.—
Alphonse Pierre,
Pitchfork,
27 June 2025
Noun
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This Christlike journey of scapegoating and torment ends in comeuppance for the haters and doubters, whose petty provocations tend to evoke a Bond villain in adolescence.—
Joshua Hunt,
Vulture,
5 June 2025
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District loses appeal, must pay $1 million for El Segundo middle schooler’s year of torment.—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
22 June 2025
Noun
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The mushroom’s healing properties also lead to hallucinations, often involving mysterious white imps, who should be adorable and instead come across as menacing little ghouls.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
18 June 2025
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And Dot — well, Dot keeps an imp in an old wine bottle.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
17 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The Department of Homeland Security and the FBI are concerned about the potential for copycat attacks from the New Orleans terror attack on New Year's Day, as well as homegrown extremists.—
Luke Barr,
ABC News,
1 July 2025
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Prosecutors are adding new first-degree murder charges to those already faced by terror suspect, who remains jailed.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
1 July 2025
Noun
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But what do the locals actually think of their vampire-like namesake, who is believed to be the vengeful ghost of a woman who died in pregnancy or childbirth? To find out, researcher Timo Duile headed to Pontianak for conversations with ethnic Malay Muslim and Dayak Christian residents.—
H.M.A. Leow,
JSTOR Daily,
5 July 2025
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The ghosts of late 1950s-early 1960s country favorites Maybelle Carter and Patsy Cline share space with pop-soul icons The Shirelles.—
Marcus K. Dowling,
The Tennessean,
2 July 2025
Noun
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However their plans are thwarted after a vampire (Jack O’Connell) begins to prey on their business.—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
30 June 2025
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Set in 1930s Mississippi, and loosely inspired by the director’s family’s real-life experiences in the Jim Crow South, the film is much more than your typical vampire story.—
EW Staff Published,
EW.com,
30 June 2025
Noun
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Some titles are now out of print, but these classic horror stories are a great foray into the world of ghosts, ghouls, and things that go bump in the night.—
Marilyn La Jeunesse,
Parents,
10 Apr. 2025
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Despite those forty-three words, the ghoul that the North Carolina Freedmen’s Convention feared most had risen—caste preservationists debuted a new caste system.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 June 2025
Noun
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For centuries, folklore and popular wisdom have linked poor eating habits and indigestion to nightmares and restless sleep.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
1 July 2025
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None of this is meant to prompt nightmares of seventh grade civics class, raise doubts about one’s ability to pass a citizenship test, or question the arrangements for Friday’s barbeque.—
Michael Peregrine,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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“Demon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/demon. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.
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