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coven

[kuhv-uhn, koh-vuhn] / ˈkʌv ən, ˈkoʊ vən /


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Wonderstruck, then wounded, then wondering why, Carrie is targeted by the standard-issue coven of teen-movie witchery—the vicious, the stupid, and the one with just enough brains to understand right from wrong.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

In 1994, Tori Amos’ U.S. video for her piano anthem “Cornflake Girl” presents a coven of quarreling young women driven through the desert in the back of a pickup truck.

From Salon ● Feb. 19, 2026

"The Witches is about that discovery that actually these benign looking women turn out to be this coven of witches, so that is embodied in the hotel," Mr O'Brien says.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2025

There’s some mythology, the Wiccan for sure and Scarlet Witch, of course, but “Agatha” was kind of this found coven that we were able to put together.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2025

Now that she was twelve, she’d be placed in her coven, but like every ceremony before, tonight three witches would be left over: Spares.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega

One has to imagine that among the covens of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, similar celebrations of glee are spontaneously erupting today after the two-part finale of “Agatha All Along.”

From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2024

“Women studied with Z and then went on to form covens of their own,” Magliocco said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2021

Ryan Murphy's groundbreaking show focuses on a different spooky story each season, tackling the likes of witch covens, haunted hotels, a 1980s slasher story, and even the apocalypse.

From Fox News ● Apr. 16, 2020

The “Untitled” photographs evoke paintings by Ensor, Bruegel and especially the covens and rituals conjured up by Goya.

From New York Times ● Nov. 15, 2018

Seven would have a much better chance of achieving her biggest dream, becoming a witching-world-famous journalist, if she was in one of the powerful covens, like her mom.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega


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