hocus

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Among those that will be disappearing are messages such as “Use Yah Blinkah” in Massachusetts; “Visiting in-laws? Slow down, get there late,” from Ohio; “Don’t drive Star Spangled Hammered,” from Pennsylvania; “Hocus pocus, drive with focus” from New Jersey; and “Hands on the wheel, not your meal” from Arizona.

From Seattle Times

In Bellevue, two family-friendly events round out the city’s Movies in the Park season: The 1989 sequel “Back to the Future, Part II” screens on Aug. 22, followed by “Hocus Pocus,” reminding us that it’s never too early to start thinking about Halloween, on Aug. 24.

From Seattle Times

The nominees for outstanding television movie are: “Dolly Parton’s Mountain Magic Christmas”; “Fire Island”; “Hocus Pocus 2”; “Prey” and “Weird: The Al Yankovic Story.”

From Seattle Times

After years of feud rumors and eyebrow-raising interviews, the “How I Met Your Father” star explicitly and publicly told the “Hocus Pocus” actor, “You are not my friend,” in early 2018 when Cattrall’s brother died and Parker offered her condolences via Instagram.

From Los Angeles Times

In 1973, it cracked the Top 10 with the single “Hocus Pocus” by the Dutch band Focus, which Mr. Stein joked was “probably the only ever perfectly rhyming number-one title and artist.”

From Washington Post