the curse

noun

old-fashioned + informal
: the process of menstruation

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There’s no reason right now to believe that the curse that has afflicted the party in power in almost every midterm since the Civil War won’t be in effect for Republicans. Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 6 May 2025 Your Top People ‘Must Be Gamers,’ Say ‘The Last of Us’ Writers Therein lies the blessing and the curse. Ben Travers, IndieWire, 10 Apr. 2025 And the Lakers, heading into the final week of the regular season, have either the good fortune or the curse of having to test themselves against the team with the NBA’s best record. Austin Knoblauch, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2025 Viewers on the East Coast reported hearing the curse word air uncensored while watching the show live, although it was removed when the segment was uploaded to YouTube. Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 6 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for the curse

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“The curse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20curse. Accessed 23 May. 2025.

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