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The seer, a game twist introduced in the last episode, was finally announced following Reyes’ departure.—
Nicole Fell,
The Hollywood Reporter,
6 Mar. 2025 -
The finale will also reveal who is the seer, a new twist where the winner of last week's mission will have the ability to see whether a player of their choice is a faithful or traitor.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA TODAY,
6 Mar. 2025
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There are also echoes of The Exorcist when The Man (Neil Sandilands) arrives, a cryptic, bearded shaman whose presence is about as reassuring as Mel Gibson on a good day.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
9 Mar. 2025
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After a confrontation with the local shaman whose beliefs clash with her own, the missionary’s son (Klyne) is seemingly possessed by an ancient spirit.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
11 Feb. 2025
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Given that the upcoming Hunter Biden trial for tax felonies may have included testimony about how and when the presidential son shared fees from questionable foreign sources with his father, Mason could've had a side gig as a soothsayer.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
2 Dec. 2024
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Rather than the typical market outlook, fraught with all the dangers of being a soothsayer, this outlook will endeavor to take a journey like Lewis Carroll’s Alice to find some reality in markets that can sometimes seem unreal or irrational.—
Bill Stone,
Forbes,
28 Dec. 2024
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That spells trouble in the Indo-Pacific, a watery region where military leaders and Beltway diviners believe a war over Taiwan could erupt as soon as 2027.—
Colin Demarest,
Axios,
8 Mar. 2025
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Questions like these have been asked of diviners around the world throughout history—and still are today.—
Michelle Aroney and David Zeitlyn,
Smithsonian Magazine,
2 Jan. 2025
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The biblical prophet was born in Egypt, where the Israelites were enslaved, and soon after Pharaoh ordered the murder of all their newborn sons.—
Miriam Eve Mora,
The Conversation,
14 Mar. 2025
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Kibbe himself, now in his seventies, remains both the system’s prophet and its greatest mystery.—
Rachel Hills,
Vogue,
4 Mar. 2025
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At that point, the story was smaller in scale and didn’t involve any curses or fortune tellers.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
18 Mar. 2025
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This year's group of pups is ready to wow football fans with their prediction and is aiming to have a better track record than last year's fluffy Super Bowl fortune tellers.—
Kelli Bender,
People.com,
6 Feb. 2025
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Webber said that groups, called krewes, organize parades and distribute beads featuring characters such as kings and witch doctors.—
Saleen Martin,
USA TODAY,
3 Mar. 2025
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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
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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
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“Exorcist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exorcist. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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