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Recent Examples of jinx
Michael Russo, The Athletic, 14 Mar. 2025
Not to jinx myself, but the things that people expect a quick reply to are rarely urgent.
—Kelly Washington, refinery29.com, 2 Jan. 2024
Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
Unless, of course, the writer’s jinx overcomes the tie pin and the palm trees.
—Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 19 Jan. 2025
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Noun
Hynes declined to address the penalty kill after the game as not to jinx it.
—Michael Russo, The Athletic, 14 Mar. 2025
Not to jinx myself, but the things that people expect a quick reply to are rarely urgent.
—Kelly Washington, refinery29.com, 2 Jan. 2024
Verb
The jinx broke when the Jordan basketball teams won a double victory during last Friday’s game with Chaska.
—Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
Unless, of course, the writer’s jinx overcomes the tie pin and the palm trees.
—Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 19 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jinx
Noun
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The song breaks Booth's life-defining generational curse.—
Marcus K. Dowling,
The Tennessean,
2 July 2025
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Ancient 'pharaoh's curse' fungus shows promise in killing cancer cells.—
Staff,
FOXNews.com,
2 July 2025
Verb
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The Italian side possess a serious number of defenders who are simply not good enough to represent a club with ambitions of winning Serie A while competing in the UEFA Champions League.—
Adam Digby,
Forbes.com,
6 July 2025
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In 1940, the federal government enacted The Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act prohibiting people from hunting, selling or possessing an eagle ‒ in effort to prevent further population decline.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
6 July 2025
Noun
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Ultimately, in order to protect the world from multiversal chaos, Peter Parker must allow the Sorcerer Supreme to complete the spell.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
14 July 2025
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Sit for a spell on the gracious front porch or have a meal in the elegant onsite eatery.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
13 July 2025
Verb
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On July 4, your celestial ruler, Venus, entered the sparkly and witty sign of Gemini, charming your ninth house of experience and self-discovery.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
10 July 2025
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Even with the other guys' admonitions not to, under any circumstances, be themselves, Dee and Charlie's improbable success in charming these scions of the Philly upper crust had the guys — and us — both baffled and anxiously awaiting an ugly twist.—
Dennis Perkins,
EW.com,
10 July 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 19 Jul. 2025.
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