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Recent Examples of witch doctor
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.
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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
However, getting policy statements from the Center of the American Experiment on how to do this is like getting cancer treatment advice from a witch doctor.
—Star Tribune, 26 Jan. 2021
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
However, getting policy statements from the Center of the American Experiment on how to do this is like getting cancer treatment advice from a witch doctor.
—Star Tribune, 26 Jan. 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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Or a gathering of healers and shamans in Catemaco, Veracruz, for La Noche de Brujas (Night of the Witches)?—
Meagan Drillinger,
AFAR Media,
31 Jan. 2025
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Min claimed that the shaman is simply a friend of hers.—
Jennifer Zhan,
Vulture,
15 Jan. 2025
Noun
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To take that sort of Silver Age feel, that sort of science-fiction approach to it with gadgets, Lex [Luthor] is really a sort of sorcerer in a way.—
Armando Tinoco,
Deadline,
20 Dec. 2024
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Many attacks go unreported, as the belief in witchcraft and the desire to punish sorcerers are widespread.—
Emma Bubola,
New York Times,
24 Nov. 2024
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“Witch doctor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/witch%20doctor. Accessed 19 Feb. 2025.
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