witch
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In those early days of television, it became the biggest show in the country, and certain people hovering around those who were perpetrating these witch hunts had a lingering, profound effect on the nation’s future.
From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2026
Nathaniel Hawthorne set this brooding, allegorical work in mid-19th-century Salem, Mass., a town cursed by the crimes of the witch trials.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
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
Bilberry Woods, his hotel, claims a witch is locked inside the honeymoon suite where, decades ago, Ohm’s now-dead parents celebrated their marriage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2026
“Her fate was sealed long before she came to me,” said the witch.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
Students really enjoy Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible” — it’s all about the human condition and cancel culture, forbidden love and lies and deceit, with witches in the forest.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
Angle and his team call their first product the Familiar—the term witches use for their supernatural animal companions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
It’s not just entrepreneurial witches selling spells on Etsy.
From Salon ● Apr. 1, 2026
HBO on Wednesday revealed the release date and trailer for its new “Harry Potter” series, offering the first glimpse into the new version of Hogwarts, the fictional school for young wizards and witches.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2026
“I’ve always been human, and I don’t think witches with fly cloaks exist.”
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
Eichel s witched agents last month and is now represented by Creative Artists Agency’s Pat Brisson, who represents numerous high-profile NHL players.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 18, 2021
Since then, he’s witched - or doused - for unmarked graves at other cemeteries in southeast Nebraska, and for his wife’s family in Kansas.
From Washington Times ● May 9, 2015
Maurice Evans, apparently a bit witched himself, guest-stars as Samantha's warlock father.
From Time Magazine Archive
Ballyhooed by this handbill, "Doc" Rockefeller witched dollars out of the pop-eyed citizenry of Midwestern hamlets before the Civil War.
From Time Magazine Archive
Even dinner ladies witched at me from behind the shiny counters.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
As the latest quarterly witching approaches, the U.S. equity market’s relentless climb higher since the start of April has left market makers in a difficult position.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 15, 2026
Friday also marks the regular quarterly expiration of a series of both futures and options on indexes and single stocks, known as “quadruple witching hour.”
From Barron's ● Mar. 20, 2026
Maybe this duo hasn’t monetized their show quite yet, and if that’s the case, perhaps they could choose a time other than the witching hour to record their macabre podcast?
From Salon ● Mar. 15, 2026
Yet these stories have real heft and depth and will linger in the imagination well beyond the witching time of year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2025
She longed to duck underneath them and lean out of the window to see what the world looked like now that the witching hour was at hand.
From "The BFG" by Roald Dahl
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