gris-gris

variants also grigri

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for gris-gris
Noun
  • Do cheating spouses, school bullies and lousy coworkers have bad juju coming to them?
    Daniel Wine, CNN Money, 1 May 2025
  • Have the world-weary shamus and the former Aztec capital lost their noir juju?
    Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • And there is no sign of the domination wavering even though Rohit and talisman Virat Kohli might have played their last ODIs of their legendary careers.
    Tristan Lavalette, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
  • The real Hong-rang climbed a hanok wall in an attempt to remove the talisman, but slipped and fell.
    Kayti Burt, Time, 16 May 2025
Noun
  • During the Middle Bronze Age, scarabs were used as seals and amulets, as Daphna Ben-Tor, curator of Egyptian archaeology at the Israel Museum, says in the IAA statement.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Apr. 2025
  • The Egyptians thought the scarab symbolized the incarnation of God the Creator. Dr. Daphna Ben-Tor, who works with ancient amulets and seals, told the Israel Antiquities Authority that the seal scarabs were also used as amulets.
    Saleen Martin, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2025
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“Gris-gris.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gris-gris. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.

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