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Recent Examples of exorcism
The exorcism of historical Georgia pain — and recent pain — against its nemesis.
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Seth Emerson, New York Times, 7 Dec. 2025
Her Moody Center show was part emotional tribunal, part teen exorcism.
—Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 5 Dec. 2025
The exorcism clearly didn’t stick back then.
—Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 13 Nov. 2025
What an excellent day for an exorcism movie marathon.
—Michael Lee Simpson, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Oct. 2025
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Seth Emerson, New York Times, 7 Dec. 2025
Her Moody Center show was part emotional tribunal, part teen exorcism.
—Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 5 Dec. 2025
The exorcism clearly didn’t stick back then.
—Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 13 Nov. 2025
What an excellent day for an exorcism movie marathon.
—Michael Lee Simpson, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for exorcism
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Viral weddings and political controversy While witchcraft is an ancient practice and Etsy witches have existed online for years, interest in buying quick spells online surged in 2025 after several influencers praised their results.—
Pilar Melendez,
NBC news,
26 Dec. 2025
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The Glinda alternative, Cherry Blossom Bubble ($48), isn’t quite as authentically connected to witchcraft, but then neither is Glinda.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
20 Nov. 2025
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Could this actually be a resurrection of the sword-and-sorcery fantasy sub-genre?—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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Skinny Pedro must certainly have fallen victim to some kind of sorcery.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Jan. 2026
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Hedva’s practice cooks magic, necromancy, and divination together with mystical states of fury and ecstasy, and political states of solidarity and disintegration.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Jan. 2026
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Former Disney star Calum Worthy is trying his hand at digital necromancy — and a lot people aren't happy about it.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
15 Nov. 2025
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Alex Wei, an entrepreneur who moved to Liangzhu in 2025, is developing an AI app based on traditional Chinese divination tools.—
Elaine Yu,
CNBC,
2 Jan. 2026
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During production at Malvern Manor, every encounter was captured live using a blend of modern and time-honored ghost-hunting methods—alongside various divination techniques.—
Jennifer Maas,
Variety,
28 Oct. 2025
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Some of that wizardry went into the interior of the Atomic Wrangler as well.—
Tracy Brown,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Jan. 2026
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Berlioz himself was particularly fond of the movement, and from gentle lappings and glistenings to surges of passion, Spano elucidated the wizardry of orchestral colors and textures.—
Scott Cantrell,
Dallas Morning News,
11 Jan. 2026
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Enter kitchen witchery, a practice rooted in modern witchcraft that blends intention, ritual, and everyday cooking.—
Cori Sears,
Better Homes & Gardens,
28 Oct. 2025
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Ravn beautifully brings us inside these circles of care, which to many outsiders might have seemed as strange as witchery.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Sep. 2025
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The magic happens when human judgment, experience, and creativity are layered on top of those patterns.—
Rodger Dean Duncan,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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Still, the interplay isn’t the source of The Return of the Durutti Column’s magic, as wonderful as those moments can be.—
Brad Shoup,
Pitchfork,
24 Jan. 2026
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In Pilkington’s conjuring, liberalism was a potent ideology that arose against monarchy and aristocracy and sought to rationalize social and political relationships.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
16 Dec. 2025
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But for all of the multiplex-friendly fun Wright’s conjuring with this over-the-top spin on dystopian sci-fi blockbusters, the prevailing feeling here is dread.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
11 Nov. 2025
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