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a drink that is meant to have a special or magical effect on someone
a potion that is supposed to improve health The hero in the play is given a magic potion so that he will fall in love with the princess. medical potions sleeping potions
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Recent Examples of potions
It's filled with witchy icons that every spell-caster has to have in their home—broomsticks, spell books, potions, and more.
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Sophia Beams,
Better Homes & Gardens,
25 June 2026
And the marketplace tried to sell us car-shining potions, mirror defoggers and kitchen slicers and dicers.
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Amaia Gavica,
Miami Herald,
8 June 2026
What a process of lotions, potions, all sorts of serums, creams and oils, and some techy stuff like an ultrasound peel and cold oxygen bursts.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
15 Apr. 2026
Images of Essiedu’s Snape already appear to capture the potions professor’s foreboding presence, but this casting has triggered a racist backlash online.
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Charlotte Reck,
CNN Money,
26 Mar. 2026
Related Stories Essiedu is set to play potions master Snape — one of Potter’s nemeses — in the upcoming streaming adaptation, a role previously played by Alan Rickman.
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K.j. Yossman,
Variety,
21 Mar. 2026
Add in a tray for late-night potions—or perhaps just a cozy cup of tea.
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Yelena Moroz Alpert,
Architectural Digest,
9 Mar. 2026
Magic potions get involved — not to mention a surfeit of whimsy — but the actor does his best to ground the cutesiness in something real.
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Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
7 Mar. 2026
Other actors on the show include Paapa Essiedu as potions master Snape, John Lithgow as headmaster Albus Dumbledore, Janet McTeer as Minerva McGonagall, and Nick Frost as Rubeus Hagrid.
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Armando Tinoco,
Deadline,
3 Mar. 2026
Sophia Beams,
Better Homes & Gardens,
25 June 2026
And the marketplace tried to sell us car-shining potions, mirror defoggers and kitchen slicers and dicers.
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Amaia Gavica,
Miami Herald,
8 June 2026
What a process of lotions, potions, all sorts of serums, creams and oils, and some techy stuff like an ultrasound peel and cold oxygen bursts.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
15 Apr. 2026
Images of Essiedu’s Snape already appear to capture the potions professor’s foreboding presence, but this casting has triggered a racist backlash online.
—
Charlotte Reck,
CNN Money,
26 Mar. 2026
Related Stories Essiedu is set to play potions master Snape — one of Potter’s nemeses — in the upcoming streaming adaptation, a role previously played by Alan Rickman.
—
K.j. Yossman,
Variety,
21 Mar. 2026
Add in a tray for late-night potions—or perhaps just a cozy cup of tea.
—
Yelena Moroz Alpert,
Architectural Digest,
9 Mar. 2026
Magic potions get involved — not to mention a surfeit of whimsy — but the actor does his best to ground the cutesiness in something real.
—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
7 Mar. 2026
Other actors on the show include Paapa Essiedu as potions master Snape, John Lithgow as headmaster Albus Dumbledore, Janet McTeer as Minerva McGonagall, and Nick Frost as Rubeus Hagrid.
—
Armando Tinoco,
Deadline,
3 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for potions
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So far this year, 17 tons of illicit drugs, mostly cocaine, have been seized in the Pacific region – more than three times the total across the whole of last year, according to the Australian Federal Police.
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In January, the military government claimed the country’s largest-ever seizures of illicit drugs and drug-manufacturing equipment, taken from a total of 12 drug production sites during a series of raids in the northern part of Shan state.
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The unit at Lackland has implemented mitigation measures, is monitoring trainees who may have been exposed and is treating symptomatic trainees with antiviral medications such as Tamiflu, an Air Force spokesperson told CBS News last week.
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Neither group changed their diet or exercise habits during the 20-day trial, and none of the participants were taking blood pressure medications.
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As drug companies race to develop medicines faster and more efficiently, IQVIA is positioned to benefit.
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Trying to take all these medicines to get through the day.
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Many families have their own remedies for treating these pesky bites—but as the old saying goes, prevention is better than the cure.
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The federal judge presiding over the case will ultimately decide whether to approve the settlement and the remedies in light of the verdict.
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To maintain eligibility, these systems must successfully execute complex calculations tied to specific physical sciences, focusing heavily on plasma physics, high-energy physics, materials science, and molecular chemistry.
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The second theorem concerns somewhat more abstract forms of symmetry, which are particularly relevant in particle physics.
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Police officers found two hydrocodone pills, a prescription painkiller, in his pocket.
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There may be an issue with how the pills dissolve, which could impact their effectiveness.
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The spend on technology that includes laptops, tablets and headphones averaged $222.
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Amazon house brand products like Kindle tablets, Echo smart speakers, Fire TV devices and smart TVs, eero routers, Ring and Blink security cameras, and more will be discounted.
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