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or afrit
as in djinn
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Combining animation and live action, the film continues the adventures of the magical imp Pumuckl.—
Ed Meza,
Variety,
13 Feb. 2025 -
But read two more and the skeptical imp within you awakens.—
Daniel Immerwahr,
The New Yorker,
20 Jan. 2025
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According to Hindu scriptures, gods and demons once churned the cosmic ocean in search of the nectar of immortality.—
Kyra Colah,
Fox News,
8 Feb. 2025
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Lamar is also well aware of his demons and has made peace with his vices.—
Taylor Crumpton,
TIME,
7 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Eliot beforehand – and the nightmarish inner gorge is a spiffy mix of nature run amok plus terrifying ghouls that would give Swamp Thing the willies.—
Brian Truitt,
USA TODAY,
15 Feb. 2025
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Both movies feature a killer clown, but while Joaquin Phoenix’s grinning menace suffers from delusions of grandeur and an unspecified mental illness, the hideous ghoul from hell in Terrifier known as Art hacks away at his victims with no discernible motivation beyond the grisly acts themselves.—
Eric Kohn,
The Hollywood Reporter,
6 Jan. 2025
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The jinni has kept the woman locked in a glass chest, deep in the sea, but that hasn’t stopped her from sleeping with ninety-eight other men.—
Yasmine Al-Sayyad,
The New Yorker,
24 Jan. 2022
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Traditionally, jinn aren't seen as good or evil, and that moral ambiguity carries over to the series.—
Jennifer Ouellette,
Ars Technica,
23 June 2019
Noun
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In 2001, Eden gave PEOPLE an exclusive home tour, which included her collection of genie bottles.—
Rachel Flynn,
People.com,
24 Jan. 2025
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Fed officials then launched a series of draconian rate hikes in 2022 in an effort to correct their mistake and stuff the inflation genie back into the bottle.—
Christiaan Hetzner,
Fortune,
10 Oct. 2024
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Statham, who in the film will play a man pulled back towards the ghosts of his violent past, is currently reteaming with David Ayer on action-thriller A Working Man, and recently wrapped production on Mutiny with Jean-Francois Richet for Mad River.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
11 Feb. 2025
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Barcelona have previously criticised the current VAR system and asked for audios themselves when a potential ghost goal by winger Lamine Yamal was not given in an April 2024 Clasico which Madrid won 3-2.—
Dermot Corrigan,
The Athletic,
8 Feb. 2025
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The film treats Ryder’s Beth as the evil hag witch who the virginal hard worker Nina has to beat to achieve her dreams, and Ryder plays that role with relish and gusto.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
6 Sep. 2024
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Oh, and Jen is also there, dressed as the hag form of the Evil Queen from Snow White.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
23 Oct. 2024
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