shaman
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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
Norway's royal family has been buffeted by a succession of scandals in recent times, including the marriage of the crown prince's sister, Princess Märtha Louise to a self-styled American shaman.
From BBC ● Feb. 1, 2026
It gives Crystal one of his rare openings for a laugh line, “Say hi to your shaman, wish him a happy 1969 for me.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2024
The shaman smiled fully, the gap in his top front teeth a message of enjoyment.
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
The shamans, like the one seen in “Squid Game,” usually are mediators to the spirit world using divination or other rituals.
From Salon ● Jun. 29, 2025
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
With all the shamans focused on him, the Villac Uma tipped the goblet slowly and carefully.
From "The Ugly One" by Leanne Statland Ellis
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