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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.
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Eric Andersson, Peoplemag, 19 Feb. 2024
On the other chair was Sincere Seven, the 43-year-old master of this ceremony, who calls himself a multidimensional travel agent, spiritual tour guide, medicine man and witch doctor.
—John Carlisle, Freep.com, 18 Aug. 2022
What, did Orlando City send a staffer to Sacramento’s practice or a witch doctor?
—Mike Bianchi, Orlando Sentinel, 7 Sep. 2022
But a witch doctor told them their girls, Victorine and Victoria Nikiema, needed to beg for money on the side of the road or risk being killed by a family member’s spirit.
—Sam Mednick, ajc, 26 Dec. 2021
Zagre and her husband, Ousmane Nikiema, visited a witch doctor after giving birth to both sets of twins.
—Sam Mednick, ajc, 26 Dec. 2021
They are driven by dream requests and witch doctor instructions, mothers told The Associated Press.
—Sam Mednick, ajc, 26 Dec. 2021
Fine, the witch doctor (played by Keener) acknowledges.
—Andy Meek, BGR, 10 Aug. 2021
However, getting policy statements from the Center of the American Experiment on how to do this is like getting cancer treatment advice from a witch doctor.
—Star Tribune, 26 Jan. 2021
Eric Andersson, Peoplemag, 19 Feb. 2024
On the other chair was Sincere Seven, the 43-year-old master of this ceremony, who calls himself a multidimensional travel agent, spiritual tour guide, medicine man and witch doctor.
—John Carlisle, Freep.com, 18 Aug. 2022
What, did Orlando City send a staffer to Sacramento’s practice or a witch doctor?
—Mike Bianchi, Orlando Sentinel, 7 Sep. 2022
But a witch doctor told them their girls, Victorine and Victoria Nikiema, needed to beg for money on the side of the road or risk being killed by a family member’s spirit.
—Sam Mednick, ajc, 26 Dec. 2021
Zagre and her husband, Ousmane Nikiema, visited a witch doctor after giving birth to both sets of twins.
—Sam Mednick, ajc, 26 Dec. 2021
They are driven by dream requests and witch doctor instructions, mothers told The Associated Press.
—Sam Mednick, ajc, 26 Dec. 2021
Fine, the witch doctor (played by Keener) acknowledges.
—Andy Meek, BGR, 10 Aug. 2021
However, getting policy statements from the Center of the American Experiment on how to do this is like getting cancer treatment advice from a witch doctor.
—Star Tribune, 26 Jan. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for witch doctor
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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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The people, fearful, went to the shaman, and despite the initial distrust, more masked spirits appeared, transforming the sadness into joy.Arath Zumaya Muñoz, Vogue, 2 Nov. 2024
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Playing as characters like a MAGA grandma, a QAnon shaman, or a pink-haired rockstar, participants work their way around the board collecting ballots, aiming to get enough to make it up the golden ladder to join Donald Trump on his helicopter.Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 26 Oct. 2024
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Since 2013, the coastal California city of Morro Bay has been the site of witch sightings around Halloween time, as hundreds of people dressed in their finest sorcerer's outfits hop onto stand-up paddle boards for the Witches and Warlocks Paddle.Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 22 Oct. 2024
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Almost like it’s being conjured into the world by a sorcerer’s wand.Amy Francombe, WIRED, 2 Oct. 2024
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“Witch doctor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/witch%20doctor. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.
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