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sorcery

[sawr-suh-ree] / ˈsɔr sə ri /


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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

But Jareth and “Labyrinth” introduced a new generation to the magnitude of his bewildering, potent artistic sorcery.

From Salon Jan. 24, 2026

Point guard Donovan Dent, the last of UCLA’s regular starters to enter the game against Sacramento State on Tuesday, redeemed himself with some offensive sorcery against Presbyterian.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 22, 2025

His daughter, Susan, dives into some of the most celebrated fiction of the 20th century, her father’s life and his unique sorcery on the page.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 15, 2025

Others on Farmer’s staff said that sorcery, not lack of food, was the primary culprit.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

The defendants alleged that the Abbé des Noyers had been a member of their cult, but had later withdrawn and turned his sorceries against them.

From Time Magazine Archive

Robert, "were often bounced about in our beds by this wicked man working his sorceries."

From Time Magazine Archive

Unhappily, Pam has permitted himself the luxurious indiscretion of a wife, who turns out to be a beguiling, insidious dabbler in the subtler sorceries.

From Time Magazine Archive

With such sorceries at her command, she should soon have no more need of the feeble tricks of alchemists and pyromancers.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

No touch of balm-beat winds from torrid seas Were half so satin-soft in sorceries!

From The Triumph of Music And Other Lyrics by Cawein, Madison Julius




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