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Indian sign

noun

Definition of Indian sign

chiefly British

as in curse

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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Recent Examples of Indian sign In addition to all of that, Decker is developing a curriculum for a Plains Indian sign language course, using financing from an Indigenous Research Center Faculty Researchers Award. — Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2021

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The generational curse in question involves the men who fall in love with the Owens women, who are destined to die untimely deaths.

— Leigh Blickley, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Sep. 2026
When their family's love curse pops up again, the siblings work with their aunts (Stockard Channing and Dianne Wiest) and Sally's kids (Joey King and Maisie Williams) to break it once and for all.

— Brian Truitt, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026

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There was a brief spell last summer when Forest could have fielded an all-Brazilian back four and goalkeeper.

— Paul Taylor, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Their easy banter in a new AD video tour of the film set feels instantly familiar, echoing the dynamic between sisters Sally (Bullock) and Gillian Owens (Kidman) nearly three decades after Practical Magic first cast its spell on audiences in 1998.

— Livia Caligor, Architectural Digest, 10 Sep. 2026

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