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as in witches
a woman believed to have often harmful supernatural powers
when misfortune occurred, it was not uncommon for some unpopular woman of the village to be branded an enchantress
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as in sirens
a woman whom men find irresistibly attractive
Scarlett O'Hara is one of literature's most celebrated enchantresses
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as in goddesses
a lovely woman
an enchantress of the silver screen whose legend has only grown over the years
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For Szabo’s freaky, compact masterpiece is not explicitly about witches.
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Sarah Paulson will return as Cordelia Goode, the Supreme of the New Orleans witches, who was last seen paving the way for the ascent of Billie Lourd's Mallory to replace her.
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Warning sirens are blaring after this last round of primary elections.
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Bahrain had activated sirens multiple times early Sunday local time and told residents to head to a safe place.
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The British filmmaker has assembled an eclectic cast to play the heroes and goddesses, sorceresses and swineherds.
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Cadillac, Buick, Pontiac, Packard and others adorned their cars with rockets, birds, goddesses, jets and other chrome sculptures that looked magnificent in a showroom but considerably less charming in a pedestrian impact.
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Meg Foster originated the live-action role of Evil Lyn — one of Skeletor's sinister sorceresses — in the 1987 movie.
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Back at Montecalvo — where the surviving sorceresses are still picking up the pieces after the battle with Vilgefortz — things are calmer, though the stakes are arguably even higher.
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Cotton Candy Grapes These high-sugar green beauties really do taste like cotton candy.
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The best office chairs on Amazon can fix that, ranging from our favorite overall, Herman Miller’s Aeron Office Chair, to ergonomic beauties from Branch, Flexispot, and Haworth that come cosigned by AD staffers.
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Indeed, the sequel to the fan-favorite 1998 film, in which Bullock and Kidman play sister sorcerers, will hit theaters this September.
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An odder explanation involves sorcerers (koldunï-arbui) and sacrifices.
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The bell’s pyramidal face is decorated with depictions of deceased kings and queens, and its toll was believed to invoke ancestral spirits.
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Little is yet known about the jewelry and its significance, but Gordon believes that the jewelry was once worn by the kings and queens of an ancient Khmer Empire that spanned Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and Thailand, and existed for hundreds of years.
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Well, James organized a Halloween party later that year that included decorations referencing the comeback from 3-1 down, and tombstone cookies with Curry and Klay Thompson’s names on them.
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“Enchantresses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enchantresses. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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