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medicine man

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as in witch doctor

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Recent Examples of medicine man But prosecutors told a different story, saying the man who was seen by some as a spiritual healer and medicine man used his position to prey on his victims. — Muri Assuncao, Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2026 An Anishinaabe Sculpture Park features statues of figures in action, from a fisherman to a medicine man and a meat and fish preservation drying rack. — Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 16 Nov. 2025 Costner cast Greene as real-life Lakota Sioux medicine man Kicking Bird in the film, a epic Western adapted from Michael Blake’s novel. — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2025 Lee-Gatewood said among those lost to the virus was a respected medicine man, whose deep knowledge of traditional ceremonies was invaluable. — Arlyssa D. Becenti, AZCentral.com, 8 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for medicine man

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She’s set on turning a frog prince, Naveen, back into a human after he’s cursed by an evil voodoo witch doctor, Facilier.

— Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 17 July 2026
Blacks were not treated by white doctors in all-white hospitals but were sent to inferior facilities to be treated by men who were little more than witch doctors.

— Sandra Dallas, Denver Post, 3 May 2026

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Designed as a place to totally switch off, there are yoga classes in the morning, a massage ger, a resident shaman, and a sauna that looks over the dramatic landscapes of the Orkhon River.

— Luke Abrahams, Vogue, 27 Oct. 2026
After prescriptions failed, Manganiello pursued alternative healing and says a Santa Monica shaman helped free him from ancestral trauma.

— Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026

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While much of the plot still remains hidden in the eastern European nation of Latveria, it is known to feature heroes from different timelines that team-up to fight the universe-shattering peril of a sorcerer scientist named Doctor Doom.

— Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2026
It's based on a Russian fairy tale called the Firebird, which is about a young prince who rescues a coterie of princesses from an evil sorcerer.

— Libby Smith, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026

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