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Recent Examples of warlockHe was raised Christian, converted to Judaism in his mid-30s, and later became an honorary warlock in the Church of Satan.—
Questlove,
The Atlantic,
7 Nov. 2025 That included everything from a sniper-like rogue to a warlock who serves Death itself.—
Rob Wieland,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025 There’s notably no Fred or Velma here; in addition to Shaggy and Daphne, this Scooby instead includes a kid named Flim Flam and Vincent Van Ghoul, a warlock voiced by Vincent Price.—
Will Harris,
EW.com,
1 Sep. 2025 One of the many spin-offs of the Air Bud and Air Buddies franchises, this Halloween film follows five puppies on a Halloween adventure to stop the evil warlock and save the town from inevitable doom.—
Marilyn La Jeunesse,
Parents,
5 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for warlock
Of course, the commercial ends in climactic fashion, as He-Man lifts Skeletor above his head for the grand finale and the sorcerer erupts into his legendary cackle.
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Sergio Pereira,
Space.com,
3 June 2026
In the first Mortal Kombat film, Outworld sorcerer Shang Tsung (Chin Han) seeks to eliminate Earth's champions ahead of the ultimate tournament between realms.
Bayer and Diaconis — who as a teenager ran away from home to apprentice with a magician specializing in card tricks, before becoming a renowned mathematician — didn’t just prove the existence of a precise cutoff in a real-world system.
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John Pavlus,
Quanta Magazine,
17 June 2026
And thank you to reader Ron, a descendant of one of the paper’s founders, for the reminder of such an auspicious occasion (and Producer Nicole, a front page-finding magician).
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).
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Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
6 May 2026
Who to face this strange, ancient magic but the last of the Grim Lords, the sleeping necromancer Kaiataris?
Beasley even lit up the scoreboard consistently across the globe in China, affording him unquestioned credentials as an offensive wizard worldwide.
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Juan Carlos Blanco,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
At the time, Soros, along with the financiers Julian Robertson and Michael Steinhardt, defined the public image of hedge-fund managers as investment wizards who made fortunes through huge bets, contrarian calls, iron stomachs, and a willingness to operate close to—or over—the regulatory line.