voodoo
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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
As the graveyard requiem kept escalating in its intensity, I remembered the advice that Clinton gave to Eddie Hazel when he first unleashed that voodoo guitar seance: “Play like your mother just died.”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2025
“I hear that Pinkerton fellow uses voodoo magic to get those criminals to talk,” said one old man, shooting a wad of tobacco juice into the street.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
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The House on Mango Street
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The Cay
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