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voodoo

[voo-doo] / ˈvu du /
NOUN
primarily Afro-Haitian belief system
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Baron Samedi, a shadowy cane-wielding, top-hatted Haitian voodoo figure, slips in and out of the hubbub, with Leonardo Brito’s performance feeling more ad-libbed by the dancer than astutely choreographed by Ms. García.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 30, 2025

The Bank of Japan, simultaneously, is scaling back bond purchases, ending a two-decade experiment in financial voodoo.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 20, 2025

While we wouldn’t rule out the possibility he has a huge collection of Labubus or Malibu Stacy dolls, he seems more like the type to use voodoo dolls.

From Slate • Sep. 26, 2025

"There has always been an army of advisors and consultants doing PR voodoo," says Eriq Gardner, entertainment law expert and founding partner of Puck News.

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2025

Sometimes I spent nights there after particularly depressing fights with Lelia, which were really more nonfights, those bleak evenings in which we sat crossly at different ends of the loft, smoldering with voodoo.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee




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