cult
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It deserves to be seen as more than just a cult curio.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
“I was like, ‘No, it’s not a cult film — it’s a pop movie.’
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
Racking up buckets of saves sent Billy Wagner and Trevor Hoffman to the Hall of Fame and turned flamethrowers like Mitch “Wild Thing” Williams and Eric “Game Over” Gagne into cult figures.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
Built around chopped-up guitar samples and acid-burned melodies, it finds the star dissecting her relationship to art and fame after Brat transformed her from cult favourite to mainstream star.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
Even today there are scientists opposed to the popularization of science: the sacred knowledge is to be kept within the cult, unsullied by public understanding.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
In other words, cults are as American as McDonald’s apple pie.
From Salon ● Jun. 25, 2026
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
“Or what about a Tonist? The tone cults hate scythes.”
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
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The Ancient Period, Before 600 BCE
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