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Recent Examples of dickensHis absentee boss, whose own messaging often has been the dickens to decipher, obviously feels OK with what’s gone on here.—Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 7 June 2022 One very important part of that care is pruning, something that scares the dickens out of people.—Steve Bender, Southern Living, 30 Apr. 2021 There was Bienchen in a nutshell: cute as the dickens but equipped with lacerating teeth.—Washington Post, 12 Apr. 2021 The way the Rams’ game imploded should scare the dickens out of L.A.’s players and coaches.—Los Angeles Times, 25 Dec. 2020
Another set of gestures—waving arms and punching into the air—represent the aggressive confrontation of Satan.
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Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
12 June 2025
How 'Begone Satan!' emerged as the source of 'The Ritual' in Time magazine
Steiger's job was to host (other churches declined) and to take notes during the harrowing (and reportedly successful) exorcism.
Schmidt is said to be possessed by four entities that announce themselves as Beelzebub, betraying disciple Judas, Schmidt's abusive father Jacob and Mina (Jacob's lover and Schmidt's aunt).
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Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
8 June 2025
The Zeros are sworn to Evil and to its incarnate commander, Beelzebub (Fabrice Luchini), who barks his orders from a Versailles-like castle in the sky above the village.
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