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Recent Examples of warlockThe maniac Nugent, essential American, once a hard-rock warlock, now a vaunting Trumpist.—
James Parker,
The Atlantic,
27 Jan. 2026 His warlock power is immense and intense.—
Lisa Stardust,
PEOPLE,
12 Jan. 2026 But meanwhile, these witches and warlocks are dedicating this whole night to Satan.—
Ashley Hume,
FOXNews.com,
31 Oct. 2025 That included everything from a sniper-like rogue to a warlock who serves Death itself.—
Rob Wieland,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for warlock
On the wall above the bicycle hung a framed oil painting of the sorcerer Merlin and the knight Lancelot done by the Scotsman James Archer in the late nineteenth century.
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Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 July 2026
The sequence featuring Circe, the sorcerer who turns Odysseus’s men into pigs, might be the most disturbing of them all, not so much for what’s shown as for what’s implied, as the men’s body-horror-like transformations occur in tight shots.
The challenge was unofficially posed by rival magician Rahman Bey, who, on July 21, 1926, spent an hour locked in a coffin partially submerged underwater.
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Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
24 July 2026
The Israeli American magician was winning over the crowd with an uncanny name guessing trick, which involved him correctly identifying the name of White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt's then-unborn daughter.
When Lemuel Gulliver is on his travels, a necromancer offers him the chance to summon up any spirit from the dead.
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Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 July 2026
That’s more than can be said for the sequel, which is just driven by pandering, up to and including bringing back characters who’ve died, usually with the help of necromancer Quan Chi (Damon Herriman).