as in sorcerers
a person skilled in using supernatural forces
found a voodoo who was willing to put a hex on the man who had jilted her
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Noun
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The land of sorcerers, dragons and savagery played out across eight gripping series, drawing millions of viewers into the fictional worlds of Westeros, Essos, and beyond.—
Connor Sturges,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Feb. 2026 -
For the most part, the initial sorcerers who make agentic AI a workplace standard will be chief information officers, chief technology officers, and businesspeople who have a deep understanding of technology.—
Bipul Sinha,
Fortune,
27 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Unclear if Instagram curses are transferrable.—
Clio Chang,
Curbed,
18 Dec. 2025
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The driver curses at those outside and inside the car.—
Jason Kravarik,
CNN Money,
13 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Wizards, or mages (as the group has commonly referred to Eleven), develop their powers using arcane magic to cast powerful spells.—
Dessi Gomez,
Deadline,
26 Nov. 2025
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Yennefer is now spearheading a new alliance of mages and elves operating out of The Lodge.—
Griff Griffin,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Nov. 2025
Verb
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He, of course, would be welcomed back and possesses a skill set that NBA teams are intrigued by.—
Shreyas Laddha,
Kansas City Star,
25 Mar. 2026
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Rosatom also possesses the know-how to build small modular reactors (SMRs), which Vietnam is considering for its nuclear energy portfolio in the future.—
Ameya Paleja,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Twin magicians take revenge on their abusive mother in the middle of their act.—
Mary Ann Grossmann,
Twin Cities,
15 Mar. 2026
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Guests traveling aboard Royal Caribbean's Legend of the Seas will get the opportunity to see a permanent America's Got Talent LIVE show, featuring a rotating lineup of magicians, acrobats, and singers pulled from the show and its global counterparts.—
Melissa Locker,
Southern Living,
12 Mar. 2026
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While the coffee chat isn’t new, Kessler said the return to meeting people and showing other signals spells the cover letter’s inevitable end.—
Catherina Gioino,
Fortune,
23 Mar. 2026
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Like the midwives’ spells Pliny the Elder described, this ritual harnessed the belief that women’s bodies and voices were powerful and transformative.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 Mar. 2026
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Of all the wizards of modern AI, Amodei, the theoretical physicist who founded Anthropic, maker of Claude, is the most publicly anxious about the impact of his product on the world at large, seemingly spooked by his own predictions.—
Joe Hagan,
Vanity Fair,
18 Mar. 2026
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Only the best of the bat-to-ball wizards can build a career in the majors.—
Grant Brisbee,
New York Times,
27 Jan. 2026
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The freshman series focused on a secretive society called the Talamasca, composed of the men and women responsible for tracking and containing the witches, vampires, and other creatures scattered around the globe.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
27 Mar. 2026
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In previous stops where she’s talked about her book, McCarty-Simas said that a strong interest in the history of witches and related movies has been strong.—
Zach Dennis,
Charlotte Observer,
26 Mar. 2026
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“Voodoos.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/voodoos. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.
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