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shaman

[shah-muhn, shay-, sham-uhn] / ˈʃɑ mən, ˈʃeɪ-, ˈʃæm ən /
NOUN
religious specialist
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Wu Shaohua, a 28-year-old from Jiangxi province, was dressed in what one imagines a Tibetan shaman might wear.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

Channeling the music like a crazed shaman, Jagger shimmied and sashayed, owning the stage like few lead singers have before or since.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 20, 2026

"May all that is bad dissolve into the river and never return," the shaman chanted.

From Barron's ● Mar. 10, 2026

Spear dies a hero at the second season’s close, only for a shaman to reanimate him in the third season premiere as a zombie.

From Salon ● Feb. 1, 2026

There had been one possibility that had allowed me some hope: that I might become a shaman priestess.

From "The Ugly One" by Leanne Statland Ellis

He points to the ayahuasqueros, or shamans of the Amazon Basin, as an example of how humans have engaged in radically different methodologies of discovery for generations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 24, 2026

Peruvian shamans predict global conflict, a White House shakeup in 2026.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 30, 2025

And the FDA will not approve a ceremony involving shamans and chanting and all of that.

From Salon ● Apr. 21, 2024

Greek photographer Athanasios Maloukos's portfolio of shamans performing rituals on Siberia's frozen Lake Baikal was the judges' choice in the People and Cultures category.

From BBC ● Jan. 21, 2024

If the Wampanoag and Mexica had shamans who could magically inflict sickness, why couldn’t the British?

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann




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