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Recent Examples of exorcist
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Guess saying the bio-exorcist's name twice instead of three times works, too!
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Emy Lacroix, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
Director Antonio Negret’s affecting horror movie comes with a blistering message about the soul-crushing corruption of unwanted Christian conversion and packs a punch as controlling mom Candice (Sarah Canning) summons an exorcist to expunge the devil inside her son Elliot (Jett Klyne).
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2025
Emy Lacroix, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
Director Antonio Negret’s affecting horror movie comes with a blistering message about the soul-crushing corruption of unwanted Christian conversion and packs a punch as controlling mom Candice (Sarah Canning) summons an exorcist to expunge the devil inside her son Elliot (Jett Klyne).
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for exorcist
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The book spans more than six decades and charts the rise of Malone, 84, from an engineering background to his current status as billionaire and media industry seer.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
4 Sep. 2025
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That plan goes to hell when Davina intercepts them and forbids Julia to go, because a seer named Maisri is coming to the castle.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
29 Aug. 2025
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In certain cases, if victims could be made to remember their humanness by a shaman, they could be brought back to their human selves.—
Bjorn Dihle,
Outdoor Life,
4 Sep. 2025
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As niche as that plot may sound, its story is rooted in Korean tradition, where many shamans in Korea, who tend to be women, perform various rituals to chase demons away from a household or home.—
Soo Kim,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Aug. 2025
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But the prevalence of the debate proves the manga’s tight grip on the popular imagination – amplified by both soothsayers across Asia and social media – especially in seismically active Japan, where the constant threat of an earthquake or tsunami looms large in the popular imagination.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
3 Aug. 2025
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Online soothsayers like Jon Prosser and Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman have long predicted the content of upcoming Apple announcements, citing anonymous sources from within the company to glean glimpses of what’s next.—
Boone Ashworth,
Wired News,
18 July 2025
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That spells trouble in the Indo-Pacific, a watery region where military leaders and Beltway diviners believe a war over Taiwan could erupt as soon as 2027.—
Colin Demarest,
Axios,
8 Mar. 2025
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The diviner then asks a question in a yes-or-no format while tapping the enclosure to encourage the spider or crab to emerge.—
Michelle Aroney and David Zeitlyn,
Smithsonian Magazine,
2 Jan. 2025
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Our quartet of faith leaders believes the role of the prophet is to remind people of morality and justice and warn them of the consequences of their actions.—
Ciera Bates-Chamberlain,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Aug. 2025
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For all her outward support, his wife has clearly begun to have her doubts about her beloved prophet.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
21 Aug. 2025
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Jack the Clown will reign over his entourage of malicious jugglers, maniacal dancers and evil fortune tellers.—
Brady MacDonald,
Oc Register,
5 Aug. 2025
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Even the youngest fortune tellers will be mesmerized by its sweet and tangy flavors.—
Sarah Martens,
Better Homes & Gardens,
5 Aug. 2025
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Webber said that groups, called krewes, organize parades and distribute beads featuring characters such as kings and witch doctors.—
Saleen Martin,
USA TODAY,
3 Mar. 2025
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While Keaton did not elaborate on the shrunken head room, the first film featured a scene in which Beetlejuice’s own head gets shrunk by a witch doctor who also shrunk the head of a hunter.—
Eric Andersson,
Peoplemag,
19 Feb. 2024
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The box office prognosticator also projects Freakier Friday to earn $14 million to $18 million in its second weekend frame and forecasts a $7 million to $10 million opening for Nobody 2.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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“Exorcist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exorcist. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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