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Recent Examples of cultist
The ongoing Escape From Tarkov event is moving at a rapid pace after launching a few days ago, with cultists invading all maps with some serious loot in their pockets.
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Mike Stubbs, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
At other times, he’s called to action as a respected adventurer to investigate missing persons and MacGuffins, which generally leads to a series of globe-spanning scraps with members Axis Powers (sometimes cultists and commies too).
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 10 Dec. 2024
Bottom line: In a true free market, absent the heavy hand of climate cultists, EV’s would be the land lines of the 21st century.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 6 Apr. 2024
The penultimate chapter of The Last of Us centers Ellie and her discovery of a vile preacher named David, a cultist who has turned his people into monsters by feeding them human flesh.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2024
Rather than extraterrestrials, Marshall thinks a sophisticated network of humans – likely cultists or a group using the animal parts for ritualistic purposes – is to blame.
—Christina Coulter, Fox News, 28 Nov. 2024
The event increased the spawn rates of cultists across multiple maps, and even added some new cultist bosses who proved to be pretty difficult to take down.
—Mike Stubbs, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
When cultists butcher one of their families back on Earth, the emotional chasm between the two careens toward a deadly conclusion.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2024
Such innocuous forms of teenage rebellion as heavy metal fandom or Dungeons & Dragons could get a kid branded a cultist—if not a murderer.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 30 Oct. 2024
Mike Stubbs, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
At other times, he’s called to action as a respected adventurer to investigate missing persons and MacGuffins, which generally leads to a series of globe-spanning scraps with members Axis Powers (sometimes cultists and commies too).
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 10 Dec. 2024
Bottom line: In a true free market, absent the heavy hand of climate cultists, EV’s would be the land lines of the 21st century.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 6 Apr. 2024
The penultimate chapter of The Last of Us centers Ellie and her discovery of a vile preacher named David, a cultist who has turned his people into monsters by feeding them human flesh.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2024
Rather than extraterrestrials, Marshall thinks a sophisticated network of humans – likely cultists or a group using the animal parts for ritualistic purposes – is to blame.
—Christina Coulter, Fox News, 28 Nov. 2024
The event increased the spawn rates of cultists across multiple maps, and even added some new cultist bosses who proved to be pretty difficult to take down.
—Mike Stubbs, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
When cultists butcher one of their families back on Earth, the emotional chasm between the two careens toward a deadly conclusion.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2024
Such innocuous forms of teenage rebellion as heavy metal fandom or Dungeons & Dragons could get a kid branded a cultist—if not a murderer.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 30 Oct. 2024
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“Cultist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cultist. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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