exorcism
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Asia's only dedicated exorcism centre -- designed to train not only Philippine priests but clergy from across the region -- sits just off a busy thoroughfare in Metro Manila.
From Barron's ● Jul. 19, 2026
If the goal was to transfer these skills to muscle memory, the learning process more resembled a muscle exorcism.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
But maybe it can also be an exorcism: Tracy Morgan wasn’t the only spectator who likened the unadulterated glee lighting up the city to the final scene in “Ghostbusters.”
From Salon ● Jun. 17, 2026
Azerbaijani singer Jiva fought against restraints as she sang Just Go, a furious exorcism of a toxic relationship.
From BBC ● May 14, 2026
He was quoting lines from the exorcism scene in Daeonica.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
The series also starred Collins as angel Castiel, who accompanies the Winchesters on their exorcisms.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2025
Oscar winner Russell Crowe is in the worst actor category for his portrayal of Father Gabriele Amorth, a priest who performed more than 100,000 exorcisms, in The Pope's Exorcist.
From BBC ● Jan. 22, 2024
But Catholic exorcisms are on the rise, too.
From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2023
“Hauntings, exorcisms, incantations, forbidden love — “The Hacienda” transports one to a world where love triumphs over demons.”
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 27, 2023
The action proceeded by means of disguises, sleeping-potions, changelings, pirates, sudden recognitions of lost relatives, phantoms, demoniacal possessions, burlesque exorcisms, shipwrecks, sacks of cities, bandits, kidnapped children.
From The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First by Gozzi, Carlo
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