casting out
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Social media is awash in content about the arcane: how-tos for spellcasting, psychics claiming to foretell the future and endless posts about casting out demons.
From Salon ● Apr. 1, 2026
By casting out a constellation of exceptions, the authors, who certainly were not alone in this type of work, attempted to show that underneath all the media hype, real people were still sharing real community.
From New York Times ● Mar. 6, 2021
"For many choirs, Christmas is their main concert of the year, so they start preparing and casting out for ideas in the spring," says Chilcott.
From BBC ● Dec. 13, 2018
“It’s not like we’re casting out these wide nets … and just randomly listening to people or randomly reading emails,” he said.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 17, 2018
He spread his hands wide as if casting out demons only he could see, and shouted, “There is nothing fair here!”
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
