Indian signs

plural of Indian sign, chiefly British
as in curses
something that brings bad luck the Indian sign has apparently been put on that rugby team, which has lost 10 straight games

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Noun
  • The source of a zombie outbreak can come from anywhere, including ancient curses and meteorites from space.
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  • That mindset leads to no shortage of delightfully blasé supernatural adventures rife with magic and curses.
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Noun
  • Tracing the contours of the Rio Grande through Big Bend Ranch State Park, the River Road passes hoodoos and a dizzying overlook called the Big Hill.
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  • Bryce Canyon’s Fairyland Loop presents a fairy-tale landscape of biscuity hoodoos.
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  • My son had to work to follow Jack’s metamorphoses, to track the relationship between the spells and their consequences.
    David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The pair are gifted grimoires at the age of 15, though Asta's is a rare Grimoire of Anti-Magic that negates and repels his opponent's spells.
    Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Oct. 2025
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“Indian signs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Indian%20signs. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.

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