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Recent Examples of exorcism
The film sees the final case that Lorraine (Vera Farmiga) and Ed Warren (Patrick Wilson) took during their decades of paranormal investigations and exorcisms.
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James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Aug. 2025
The blessings can vary, but basically entail him reading selected Bible passages with frankincense burning, exorcism salt, and Holy Water.
—Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 12 Aug. 2025
As in the never-ending parade of ostensibly Christian exorcism movies, religious belief here seems like a superficial excuse for a stock array of supernatural hoodoo — no matter how many times Chalik’s Abuyya pauses the action to mouth some healing doctrine.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 6 Aug. 2025
Blumhouse’s The Exorcist: Believer: Guests can walk through a retelling of the 2023 horror film, from the disappearance of two young girls in the woods to the finale’s exorcism ritual.
—Bailey Schulz, USA Today, 5 Aug. 2025
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James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Aug. 2025
The blessings can vary, but basically entail him reading selected Bible passages with frankincense burning, exorcism salt, and Holy Water.
—Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 12 Aug. 2025
As in the never-ending parade of ostensibly Christian exorcism movies, religious belief here seems like a superficial excuse for a stock array of supernatural hoodoo — no matter how many times Chalik’s Abuyya pauses the action to mouth some healing doctrine.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 6 Aug. 2025
Blumhouse’s The Exorcist: Believer: Guests can walk through a retelling of the 2023 horror film, from the disappearance of two young girls in the woods to the finale’s exorcism ritual.
—Bailey Schulz, USA Today, 5 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for exorcism
Noun
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Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (2018-2020) Is there anything more bisexual than witchcraft?—
Catherine Mhloyi,
Them.,
15 Sep. 2025
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This isn't witchcraft or astrology — the cup and handle is a reflection of buyer and seller psychology.—
Josh Brown,Sean Russo,
CNBC,
11 Sep. 2025
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Sheibani and McCraney know that the way to bring out the sorcery of a play layered in myth and ritual is not to weigh it down.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
11 Sep. 2025
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Can Printemps New York recapture the commercial sorcery of glamorous department stores like Wanamaker’s, Barney’s, and Bloomingdale’s?—
Martin Filler,
The New York Review of Books,
4 Sep. 2025
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As Calhoun summarizes, the first part takes up the subject of magic and necromancy, the second treats of witchcraft and sorcery, and the third discourses of all kinds of spirits and specters.—
Emily Zarevich,
JSTOR Daily,
3 Sep. 2025
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One of the buzziest debuts of the fall is this riveting dark fantasy in which a woman with missing memories must survive a world of necromancy and alchemy.—
Lizz Schumer,
People.com,
24 Aug. 2025
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Indeed, Absolutely was a project of divination, of spiritual conjuring.—
Jeff Ihaza,
Rolling Stone,
18 Aug. 2025
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Recently, the method of divination has had another resurgence in modern day.—
Lisa Stardust,
People.com,
20 June 2025
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Silicon Valley and San Francisco still are strong for computers, now with AI wizardry.—
John Seiler,
Oc Register,
16 Sep. 2025
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The season-saving showcase of defensive wizardry that leaves you with your jaw on your lap… -off?—
Zack Meisel,
New York Times,
15 Sep. 2025
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Ravn beautifully brings us inside these circles of care, which to many outsiders might have seemed as strange as witchery.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Sep. 2025
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Now throw in the witchery of artificial intelligence and satellites over every corner of Earth and cameras catching every spy’s wink and nod, and nothing is safe for coordinating a bombing strike except for the secure room with the clouded windows.—
Joe Soucheray,
Twin Cities,
29 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The TheraFace Depuffing Wand works its temperature-changing magic to banish puffiness and add brightness.—
Sophia Panych,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
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Harry Potter Quidditch Practice Apart from watching the films and rereading the books, another way to relive the magic of Harry Potter is by recreating iconic scenes via Lego builds.—
Izzy Baskette,
PEOPLE,
16 Sep. 2025
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This is the cursed object that shows up at the Smurls, though the actual conjuring mirror – long a mainstay in the Warrens' Occult Museum, alongside the infamous Annabelle – was obtained from a man in New Jersey.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
5 Sep. 2025
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Indeed, Absolutely was a project of divination, of spiritual conjuring.—
Jeff Ihaza,
Rolling Stone,
18 Aug. 2025
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