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Recent Examples of witch doctor
Webber said that groups, called krewes, organize parades and distribute beads featuring characters such as kings and witch doctors.
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Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2025
While Keaton did not elaborate on the shrunken head room, the first film featured a scene in which Beetlejuice’s own head gets shrunk by a witch doctor who also shrunk the head of a hunter.
—Eric Andersson, Peoplemag, 19 Feb. 2024
On the other chair was Sincere Seven, the 43-year-old master of this ceremony, who calls himself a multidimensional travel agent, spiritual tour guide, medicine man and witch doctor.
—John Carlisle, Freep.com, 18 Aug. 2022
What, did Orlando City send a staffer to Sacramento’s practice or a witch doctor?
—Mike Bianchi, Orlando Sentinel, 7 Sep. 2022
But a witch doctor told them their girls, Victorine and Victoria Nikiema, needed to beg for money on the side of the road or risk being killed by a family member’s spirit.
—Sam Mednick, ajc, 26 Dec. 2021
Zagre and her husband, Ousmane Nikiema, visited a witch doctor after giving birth to both sets of twins.
—Sam Mednick, ajc, 26 Dec. 2021
They are driven by dream requests and witch doctor instructions, mothers told The Associated Press.
—Sam Mednick, ajc, 26 Dec. 2021
Fine, the witch doctor (played by Keener) acknowledges.
—Andy Meek, BGR, 10 Aug. 2021
Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2025
While Keaton did not elaborate on the shrunken head room, the first film featured a scene in which Beetlejuice’s own head gets shrunk by a witch doctor who also shrunk the head of a hunter.
—Eric Andersson, Peoplemag, 19 Feb. 2024
On the other chair was Sincere Seven, the 43-year-old master of this ceremony, who calls himself a multidimensional travel agent, spiritual tour guide, medicine man and witch doctor.
—John Carlisle, Freep.com, 18 Aug. 2022
What, did Orlando City send a staffer to Sacramento’s practice or a witch doctor?
—Mike Bianchi, Orlando Sentinel, 7 Sep. 2022
But a witch doctor told them their girls, Victorine and Victoria Nikiema, needed to beg for money on the side of the road or risk being killed by a family member’s spirit.
—Sam Mednick, ajc, 26 Dec. 2021
Zagre and her husband, Ousmane Nikiema, visited a witch doctor after giving birth to both sets of twins.
—Sam Mednick, ajc, 26 Dec. 2021
They are driven by dream requests and witch doctor instructions, mothers told The Associated Press.
—Sam Mednick, ajc, 26 Dec. 2021
Fine, the witch doctor (played by Keener) acknowledges.
—Andy Meek, BGR, 10 Aug. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for witch doctor
Noun
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After Nygren's speech, medicine man Lorenzo Max led the march, singing prayers and sharing ancestral stories.—
Trilce Estrada Olvera,
The Arizona Republic,
3 Aug. 2024
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Iron Eyes, a 46-year-old lawyer and Indigenous rights activist, was 9 when a medicine man taught him traditions he’s maintained since, in the wake of the tribe’s annual sun dance ceremony at the park.—
Marc Ramirez,
USA TODAY,
26 July 2024
Noun
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Even shamans who use traditional medicinal plants to treat illnesses direct HIV-positive patients his way.—
Adam Williams,
The Christian Science Monitor,
20 Mar. 2025
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Others whispered that she had been wounded in a battle with an Indonesian shaman and disappeared into the mountains.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
19 Mar. 2025
Noun
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There is the love of Irish and Mexican dance traditions, love challenged by evil sorcerers and family dynamics and the passionate love that ends in tragedy.—
Marcia Luttrell,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Mar. 2025
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Players adopt alter egos, from warriors to sorcerers, who traverse worlds of mysticism and monsters.—
Eric Francisco,
Rolling Stone,
1 Mar. 2025
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“Witch doctor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/witch%20doctor. Accessed 1 Apr. 2025.
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