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a group of people sharing a common interest and relating together socially
a coven of epicures who gather for monthly wine tastings
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Recent Examples of coven
Agatha All Along’s final two episodes establish how, right up until Agatha and Billy’s coven sang the ballad together and created a doorway, the Witches’ Road never truly existed.
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Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge, 1 Nov. 2024
In this season, players will have to work with a coven to find the culprit who's responsible for stealing heads from the Tree of Whispers.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
Like for Circle Sanctuary, the Yule log plays an important role in the coven's Solstice ritual.
—Rose Conlon, NPR, 20 Dec. 2024
Modern trans coven leaders are rekindling this charge, fighting transphobia in paganism, and creating covens and magic all on their own.
—Emma Cieslik, Them, 1 Nov. 2024
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Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge, 1 Nov. 2024
In this season, players will have to work with a coven to find the culprit who's responsible for stealing heads from the Tree of Whispers.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
Like for Circle Sanctuary, the Yule log plays an important role in the coven's Solstice ritual.
—Rose Conlon, NPR, 20 Dec. 2024
Modern trans coven leaders are rekindling this charge, fighting transphobia in paganism, and creating covens and magic all on their own.
—Emma Cieslik, Them, 1 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for coven
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The Connecticut Mirror reported in December that despite reforms enacted by the state, new data show minority communities are still underrepresented in jury pools in several of Connecticut’s judicial districts.—
Jenna Carlesso,
Hartford Courant,
4 Mar. 2025
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Aren’t there laws concerning having disabled parking?— D.J., Rancho Santa Margarita Q: Our board recently voted to change the parking rules within the community and now disabled stalls will follow the visitor parking rules, so a car is towed after six nights within a month.—
Kelly G. Richardson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Mar. 2025
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Last year, Lohan, Chabert and Amanda Seyfried, who rounded out the Plastics clique as Karen Smith in the original movie, reprised their characters for a Walmart Black Friday ad.—
Jen Juneau,
People.com,
21 Nov. 2024
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Written and directed by Alex Russell, Lurker follows retail employee Matthew (Pellerin), who infiltrates the clique of a rising musician, Oliver (Madekwe).—
Alejandra Gularte,
Vulture,
28 Jan. 2025
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In December, a car crashed into a crowd at a Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, west of Berlin, that resulted in five deaths and left more than 200 people injured.—
Rachel McRady,
People.com,
3 Mar. 2025
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Back inside the main party space, a crowd formed not far from the entrance.—
Chris Gardner,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Mar. 2025
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The trailer can carry the pack, or the pack can carry the trailer, providing the versatility to navigate variable terrain ranging from wide, meandering paths to rough talus ascents.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
4 Mar. 2025
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Editor’s tip: If scent is a major trigger, these packs also come in calming lavender, a bright citrus, and a warm citrus and cedar mix.—
Christa Joanna Lee,
Allure,
4 Mar. 2025
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On policy, Democrats are beginning to come together around at least one major issue likely to drive future campaign discourse: There’s a growing desire to move toward economic populism, a relatively new concept within Democratic circles that some are warming up to.—
Hanna Trudo,
The Hill,
7 Mar. 2025
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This tablet has full Google Gemini integration, including the very useful circle to search.—
Ben Sin,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025
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In Scotland, tartans are traditionally associated with different clans and families, though anyone can come up with their own tartan and register it with the Scottish government.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
10 Mar. 2025
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This flashback kickoff, which looks to tell the devious origin story of the megachurch-leading Gemstone clan, went from long shot to lock quickly.—
Marco della Cava,
USA TODAY,
10 Mar. 2025
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The series is about two sisters, but for the first half of the season, even by splitting the narrative into a bunch of flashbacks, Long Bright River can’t find a way to make that relationship rise to the surface.—
Daniel Fienberg,
The Hollywood Reporter,
12 Mar. 2025
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Setting up a solar mirror has to be -- and in real life absolutely would be -- as interesting as fighting a bunch of orcs in a room.—
Rob Wieland,
Forbes,
12 Mar. 2025
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The Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments in a case in which Mexico is suing U.S. gun companies to cover the cost of dealing with Mexican gang and cartel violence.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
3 Mar. 2025
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People in Sweden see these gang shootings and are incredibly alarmed and afraid of them.—
Isaac Chotiner,
The New Yorker,
3 Mar. 2025
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“Coven.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coven. Accessed 15 Mar. 2025.
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