esoteric
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Fu lived in American communities but sought to use mind control and esoteric sciences to bring down the Western empire.
From Slate • May 26, 2026
And as Rollins aged, he would remain a voracious seeker, with interests that expanded into Zen Buddhism, martial arts, Kabbalah, the esoteric 17th-century tradition of Rosicrucianism, reincarnation and Egyptology.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
There are some other - rather esoteric - features of the new rules, about which drivers have complained, that should also be reduced.
From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026
While rescue workers have exhausted themselves in cold water, the odyssey has also featured heated rifts between veterinarians and self-proclaimed "whale-whisperers", fundraising scams and esoteric attempts to heal the whale through chanting.
From Barron's • Apr. 23, 2026
The man and woman stepped into the room stiffly side by side as though right out of a familiar, though esoteric, anniversary daguerrotype on a wall.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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