the curse

noun

old-fashioned + informal
: the process of menstruation

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Lord Dalhousie, in one of his diary entries, blamed the rumors of the curse on the British press. Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 9 May 2026 Hunt bosses with your bow and arrow, and solve puzzles to lift the curse on the land. George Yang, PC Magazine, 1 May 2026 Her quest to break the curse leads to an unexpected romance with Dan, a kind-hearted mole from the tri-state area. Todd Spangler, Variety, 28 Apr. 2026 Is Amy merely a subject to her mentally ill mother’s control issues, or does the curse portend a more awful revelation. Richard Newby, HollywoodReporter, 27 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for the curse

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