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voodoo

[voo-doo] / ˈvu du /
NOUN
primarily Afro-Haitian belief system
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Baron Samedi, a shadowy cane-wielding, top-hatted Haitian voodoo figure, slips in and out of the hubbub, with Leonardo Brito’s performance feeling more ad-libbed by the dancer than astutely choreographed by Ms. García.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 30, 2025

The ghost tours in New Orleans are borderline legendary, with popular offerings focusing on the supernatural, New Orleans’ “Casket Girls,” and on the origins of Marie Laveau’s rise to notoriety as a voodoo priestess.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 27, 2025

Bertrand continues to tinker, and as the misses pile up, I revise my earlier opinion: Aiming a trebuchet is neither art nor science; it’s voodoo.

From Slate • Jul. 7, 2025

So-called PR voodoo is different now that a celebrity – or their fans – can access an audience of millions with a click.

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2025

From my purse I would take out a voodoo doll which Lena had already lent me from her props department.

From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan




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