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shaman

[shah-muhn, shey-, sham-uhn] / ˈʃɑ mən, ˈʃeɪ-, ˈʃæm ən /
NOUN
religious specialist
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Channeling the music like a crazed shaman, Jagger shimmied and sashayed, owning the stage like few lead singers have before or since.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 20, 2026

"May all that is bad dissolve into the river and never return," the shaman chanted.

From Barron's Mar. 10, 2026

Spear dies a hero at the second season’s close, only for a shaman to reanimate him in the third season premiere as a zombie.

From Salon Feb. 1, 2026

Police in Austria have issued a European arrest warrant for a woman they believe posed as a shaman to defraud victims out of large sums of money.

From BBC Feb. 10, 2025

Lee seemed to see the shaman shaking a feather-trimmed rattle and commanding something to obey him.

From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman

He points to the ayahuasqueros, or shamans of the Amazon Basin, as an example of how humans have engaged in radically different methodologies of discovery for generations.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 24, 2026

Peruvian shamans predict global conflict, a White House shakeup in 2026.

From MarketWatch Dec. 30, 2025

The shamans, like the one seen in “Squid Game,” usually are mediators to the spirit world using divination or other rituals.

From Salon Jun. 29, 2025

Mr Verrett has said he is the latest in six generations of shamans and once said he died for four minutes and 25 seconds.

From BBC Aug. 31, 2024

It was made of brown vicuña wool, a luxury reserved for the highest of noblemen and shamans.

From "The Ugly One" by Leanne Statland Ellis




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