cult
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She felt Beckham had achieved something few celebrities manage, moving effortlessly between football, fashion, entertainment, business and the cult of celebrity.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
A revamped vampire tale: The Lost Boys, one of the 1980s’ campiest cult classics, just got adapted into a Broadway musical.
From Slate ● Jul. 9, 2026
Reddick loads her genre-blurring tale with outlandish intrigue involving Soviet spies, a capitalist cult and a roving choir that doubles as a Greek chorus.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
People often compare it to a family, but it’s also a little like a cult.
From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026
I call every once in a while to make sure they haven’t eaten each other or joined a Kool-Aid cult.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
Quite a few religions were considered cults in the beginning, Christianity among them, so it does make some sense not to wade too deeply into the finer distinctions.
From Salon ● Jun. 25, 2026
Perhaps a book that couched Castaneda’s story more deeply in the context of the ’70s counterculture and the nature of cults past and present would make his story clearer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2026
Since Niyazov's death in 2006, successive presidents -- Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov and his son Serdar -- have kept the system in place, along with the cults of personality and grand architecture.
From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026
The French Revolution, by contrast, concentrated its energy into the Committee of Public Safety and cults of personality.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026
“Or what about a Tonist? The tone cults hate scythes.”
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
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World Religions
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The Ancient Period, Before 600 BCE
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