evil spirit
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Friends of the couple told investigators that the pair shared the same unusual beliefs, including that they could tell if someone had been taken over by an evil spirit.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 10, 2023
"The evil spirit of Handel's enchantress Alcina evidently infected one audience member at Tuesday's premiere of this new production," he wrote.
From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2022
But she confronts the evil spirit — literally, in her mind — and attempts to defeat it, only to be swallowed whole.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 20, 2022
This is probably a bad idea in real life, but in The Night House, he’s on to something, because there actually is an evil spirit trying to get him to kill Beth.
From Slate ● Aug. 24, 2021
On that day, she had followed the sickness inside and determined to do battle with the evil spirit of the disease.
From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich
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