diviner

In this week’s Amicus Plus segment, Slate’s judicial diviner Mark Joseph Stern joins to talk about a Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling on abortion that really took both text and history and human rights seriously.

From Slate ● Feb. 3, 2024

Lacking recourse to the United Nations, the Moabites turned to a diviner named Balaam to curse the Israelis.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 30, 2020

“I have no plan when I go into the studio,” said Garry Nichols, who has a sideline as a water diviner.

From New York Times ● Jun. 5, 2013

By the time Cass, a diviner who’s had disturbing visions before, returns with a policeman a second time, she has started to doubt what she saw.

From New York Times ● Jan. 19, 2011

The diviner gave the diagnosis of my ailment.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane

But from a TV or filmgoer's point of view, Valmont and the Marquise de Merteuil are fascinating diviners of human weakness and strategists on how best to exploit them.

From Salon ● Nov. 6, 2022

In one nook you’ll see “Arachnomancy,” a deck of tarot cards printed with ink made from particulate matter that pays tribute to the spider diviners of Cameroon.

From New York Times ● Feb. 20, 2022

These diviners serve as business consultants and therapists, though loudspeakers near Lama Temple blare weekend warnings about fraud.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 18, 2017

So where were the diviners of reasonable common ground?

From Washington Post ● Jun. 8, 2016

I studied the little outpost, and feeling the diviners eyes on me, I came to the only reasonable conclusion.

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool