sorceress
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But how do we fathom a sorceress who can make time run backward?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026
Women are the most empowered they have ever been to be the sorceress of their own success — especially materially.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2026
Elphaba, in contrast, is a naturally talented sorceress whose green skin led her father to reject her from the moment she was born.
From Salon ● Dec. 2, 2024
The pattern across the jersey is inspired by a fifth-century BC vase attributed to Persephone, which depicts Ulysses and the sorceress Circe in Homer's Odyssey.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2024
“His sorceress can summon fire. Might be her red god can melt these snows.”
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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The author demonstrates that access to the supernatural was a particular source of feminine power, not least for the sorceresses whose rituals made that connection.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
“Wicked” also benefited from mostly positive reviews hyping the performances of its leading sorceresses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 24, 2024
Ralph Lee, a creator of giant crustaceans, lizards, skeletons and sorceresses, as well as one enduring New York tradition, the Village Halloween Parade, died on Friday at his home in Manhattan.
From New York Times ● May 16, 2023
Yennefer, meanwhile, comes to know power of a different kind via the world of magic, chaos, and its political split between male wizards and female sorceresses.
From Salon ● Dec. 21, 2019
The devil, stupid or otherwise, introduces his spook; sorceresses and hags professing magic skill are everywhere.
From Women of the Teutonic Nations Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 8 (of 10) by Hermann Schoenfeld
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