witch

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The book beat out a story about a suburban witch by French novelist and playwright Marie NDiaye as well as Brazilian Ana Paula Maia's dystopian read about a brutal prison colony.

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

The report revealed messages Sam had sent to colleagues in which she said she felt unsupported by her line manager and that the investigation felt like a "witch hunt".

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026

In a statement, she denounced the process as unfair, saying the Ethics Committee "refused my new attorney's reasonable request for time to prepare my defense" and describing the proceedings as "a witch hunt."

From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026

The same could just as unnervingly be said about “The Crucible,” Miller’s parable about the McCarthy witch hunts.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

The one about a young witch who discovered a crack in the air and found herself in the Red Woods, where she lived with the royal family of jackalopes.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova