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sorcery

[sawr-suh-ree] / ˈsɔr sə ri /


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To HBO, this “Game of Thrones” spinoff is a bridge between its lucrative sword, sorcery and old magic high fantasies.

From Salon • Feb. 23, 2026

Watch Mansfield Town's Louis Reed produce "set-piece sorcery," scoring a sensational free-kick to stun Premier League side Burnley as the League One side reach the FA Cup fifth round.

From BBC • Feb. 14, 2026

The Korshak Collection focuses on European and American works of fantasy, broadly incorporating all “what if” genres: science fiction, high fantasy, sword and sorcery, fairy tales, horror and more.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

Lawrence-Mathers not only shows the bonds between religion and sorcery but examines the sheer beauty of the manuscripts involved, from illumination to illustration.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2025

I said nothing, unwilling to move or speak lest I offend the strange sorcery of physics that I still believed had saved me.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover