Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for evil eye
Noun
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Why Regular Cleaning Is Important Bacterial diseases like conjunctivitis and avian pox can spread through saliva and bird droppings, warns Manning.—
Rae Ford,
Martha Stewart,
5 June 2026 -
There are excellent vaccines for many of the most contagious viral diseases, including measles, mumps, rubella, chicken pox, shingles, polio, RSV, HPV, herpes, rotavirus, influenza and Covid-19.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
Mercury News,
29 May 2026
Noun
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The carrion odor of a voodoo lily is meant to attract pollinating flies and beetles.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
27 May 2026
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Just as Mari and Marie-Lou’s actual time together is short but opens up new inner eternities for both, so is there some kind of temporal voodoo at work on the viewer.—
Jessica Kiang,
Variety,
15 May 2026
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Chants laced with curses echo through Madison Square Garden.—
Albert Samaha,
Washington Post,
3 June 2026
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Courtside seats at Madison Square Garden for Games 3 and 4 will be the most expensive tickets in NBA history as the Knicks try to end their 53-year championship curse against the greatest physical force ever in basketball.—
Geoff Clark OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
2 June 2026
Noun
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Runner-up Ishaan Gupta, 12, put up an impressive 25 words in the spell-off.—
Scottie Andrew,
CNN Money,
29 May 2026
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Harini Logan won the first spell-off, in 2022, by spelling 22 words in 90 seconds.—
Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
29 May 2026
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“Evil eye.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evil%20eye. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.
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