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Recent Examples of jinx
Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 19 Jan. 2025
In the interview area afterwards, amid the high jinx, there was sincerity; glimpses of football’s soul.
—Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, The Athletic, 15 Apr. 2024
Kelly Washington, refinery29.com, 2 Jan. 2024
Don’t want to jinx things but our budgets are a tiny bit up for fall 2025.
—Denni Hu, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
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Noun
Unless, of course, the writer’s jinx overcomes the tie pin and the palm trees.
—Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 19 Jan. 2025
In the interview area afterwards, amid the high jinx, there was sincerity; glimpses of football’s soul.
—Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, The Athletic, 15 Apr. 2024
Verb
Not to jinx myself, but the things that people expect a quick reply to are rarely urgent.
—Kelly Washington, refinery29.com, 2 Jan. 2024
Don’t want to jinx things but our budgets are a tiny bit up for fall 2025.
—Denni Hu, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jinx
Noun
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Christopher Walken stars as a school teacher who comes out of a coma with a gift that feels more like a terrifying curse.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
23 May 2025
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While Rory McIlroy finally broke his 11-year curse to claim the green jacket, Bradley struggled, missing the cut with a 3-over-par.—
Devlina Sarkar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 May 2025
Verb
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The countries each possess about 170 nuclear weapons, according to the think-tank Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.—
Brendan Cole,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 May 2025
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In addition to their easily identifiable personas, these faces must possess genuine leadership qualities and backgrounds to guide the movement in the right direction.—
Katelyn Hutchison,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
Noun
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Some only appear when visitors cast spells with interactive wands, like the mischievous spitting grindylow in the fountain by the Battle at the Ministry entrance or the mysterious demiguise in a window near Bar Moonshine.—
Eve Chen,
USA Today,
27 May 2025
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Players explore the environment using a slew of weapons and magic spells in hidden dungeons, caves, catacombs and more.—
Caroline Blair,
People.com,
23 May 2025
Verb
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Moore's Michaela is mysterious, commanding, and beyond wealthy, described in the trailer and elsewhere as someone with the ability to charm into subservience.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
22 May 2025
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Viewers on TikTok were charmed by the emotional reunion.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 May 2025
Verb
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More on culture An Eagles fan brought a Patrick Mahomes voodoo doll to the Super Bowl.—
Emily Bazelon,
New York Times,
13 Feb. 2025
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Despite his clearly enjoying killing people for personal reasons, the movie’s Kraven seems to think of himself as a kind of antihero, which voodoo practitioner Calypso (Ariana DeBose) rightfully clocks as a red flag.—
Charles Pulliam-Moore,
The Verge,
20 June 2023
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“Jinx.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jinx. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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