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the supreme personification of evil often represented as the ruler of hell Beelzebub himself could not change her mind

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Recent Examples of Beelzebub 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. Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2025 Fraser was bedeviled by Elizabeth Hurley’s Beelzebub in Bedazzled (2000), earned career-best reviews for the Vietnam drama The Quiet American (2002), and landed a role in the Best Picture-winning Crash (2004). Andrew Walsh, EW.com, 26 Oct. 2024 In truth, the Satanist movement is more about separation of church and state than actually praising Beelzebub. Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 15 May 2024 Cue Beelzebub herself, who arrives with a contract granting him seven wishes in exchange for his soul. Andrew Walsh, EW.com, 14 Mar. 2023 Apple Somewhere, ol' Beelzebub is putting on his thickest coat because Apple has endorsed a right-to-repair bill, suggesting hell has frozen over. Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 24 Aug. 2023 The demon party really takes off at that point, with two more hellhounds joining Doja in the attic for a Beelzebub dance party. Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 1 Sep. 2023 In the finale, it’s revealed that Gabriel had slowly formed a romantic relationship with the head demon Beelzebub (Shelley Conn) following the events of the first season, when Heaven and Hell called off the first apocalypse thanks to Crowley and Aziraphale. Jennifer Maas, Variety, 28 July 2023 Like many presentations of the devil from the 17th century onward, the Judge, who may or may not be Beelzebub, is a fiddle player. Caine O'Rear, Rolling Stone, 3 July 2023
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  • At Logan, upon her return from Lebanon to the Great Satan (as her Hezbollah heart-throbs call the US), the feds got a load of the pictures of multiple Muslim terrorists on her phone.
    Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 19 Mar. 2025
  • Join 1 other in the comments View Comments RJ Rushmore, an art enthusiast from Philadelphia, began closely following MSCHF’s work following the Satan Shoes controversy in 2021 and, soon after, started collecting pieces from its drops.
    Taylor Nicioli, CNN, 14 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • To break the cycle of bias, Play devil’s advocate with yourself.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
  • Fire in the birthing cabin, where another devil stands.
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
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  • And Answers For Friday, April 4 Capital One-Discover Merger Cleared By DOJ: What To Know About The $35 Billion Mega Deal ‘The White Lotus’ Season 3: Here’s A Roundup Of Picks Of Who Will Die In Season Finale Another program that benefited from Netflix was Lucifer.
    Brad Adgate, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
  • On 87 Imax screens across 14 markets, the follow-up to 2019’s Lucifer earned $1.1M including the biggest Indian opening ever for the format in the UK & Ireland and the highest-grossing Imax launch weekend of 2025 across the Middle East.
    Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 30 Mar. 2025

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“Beelzebub.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Beelzebub. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.

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