demons

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But when we’re just focused on Early, hoping to outrun Maddie’s demons in manic aerobics sessions of deliriously complex choreography, the movie feels like a spell.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 2026

He’s also been talking up his belief in demons and drawing attention to how he pushed his wife out of her job as a high-powered lawyer so she could have a fourth baby instead.

From Salon • Jun. 26, 2026

As Ms. Fletcher observes, such images suggest that guns were no longer perceived as “the weapon of demons, but of angels.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 19, 2026

Then, 12 years later, Bosnia overcame their play-off demons by beating Wales and then Italy on penalties having trailed to both.

From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026

The surviving lamassus began to retreat, and the remaining demons grew bolder.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda