Jonah

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Noun
  • Whether that money becomes a blessing or a curse may depend less on the number of zeros than on the method of transfer.
    Christina Binkley, Robb Report, 11 Oct. 2025
  • The Cubs fell behind, three games to one, but then went into curse-buster mode … and won Game 5 (at Wrigley), Game 6 (in Cleveland) and Game 7 (in Cleveland).
    Jayson Stark, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • An overarching concern for all involved is that more such communications will come out that will prove a pox on everyone’s houses, so to speak.
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2025
  • That’s why squirrel fibromatosis is also known as squirrel pox.
    Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • In the fourth inning, the Bronx voodoo swirled in the night sky.
    Chris Kirschner, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
  • This poor dude is stuck taking over his father’s — a father who left when Frank was 2 — New Orleans restaurant when one of the employees puts a voodoo spell over him.
    Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2025
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“Jonah.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Jonah. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.

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