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Recent Examples of medicine man
Costner cast Greene as real-life Lakota Sioux medicine man Kicking Bird in the film, a epic Western adapted from Michael Blake’s novel.
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Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2025
To today's ear, the elixirs, potions and tonics sold at Haag sound like a traveling medicine man’s inventory: Swamp root, Danderine, Sloan’s Liniment, Catarrh Jelly, Wine of Cardue.
—Indianapolis Star, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
The dance began a century ago when an Ojibwe medicine man’s granddaughter fell sick.
—Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
Lee-Gatewood said among those lost to the virus was a respected medicine man, whose deep knowledge of traditional ceremonies was invaluable.
—Arlyssa D. Becenti, AZCentral.com, 8 Apr. 2025
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Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2025
To today's ear, the elixirs, potions and tonics sold at Haag sound like a traveling medicine man’s inventory: Swamp root, Danderine, Sloan’s Liniment, Catarrh Jelly, Wine of Cardue.
—Indianapolis Star, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
The dance began a century ago when an Ojibwe medicine man’s granddaughter fell sick.
—Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
Lee-Gatewood said among those lost to the virus was a respected medicine man, whose deep knowledge of traditional ceremonies was invaluable.
—Arlyssa D. Becenti, AZCentral.com, 8 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for medicine man
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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 only people believed capable of negotiating with the possessing winds, of restoring balance, are shamans of African descent.—
Adam Pourahmadi,
CNN Money,
22 Apr. 2026
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When a 9,000 year-old grave of a shaman was discovered in 1930s Germany, the discovery was quickly politicized to support Nazi propaganda.—
Greg Dixon,
NPR,
6 Apr. 2026
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An odder explanation involves sorcerers (koldunï-arbui) and sacrifices.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Apr. 2026
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Musing about unintended consequences, Oosterhoff mentioned the myth of Pandora’s box and Goethe’s tale of the sorcerer’s apprentice.—
Charles Lane,
The Atlantic,
15 Mar. 2026
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“Medicine man.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/medicine%20man. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.
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