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as in nonsense
language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense
some economists have characterized the proposal as economic hoodoo that should be hooted down
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Noun
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Targeting this furniture-maker for selling furniture is complete nonsense, and anyone with influence should say so.—
Torrey Snow,
Baltimore Sun,
12 Mar. 2026 -
Get out of here with that nonsense.—
Sergio Pereira,
Space.com,
11 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The rise of the gig economy and remote work has finally broken the cubicle curse, giving us the freedom to answer emails from a mountain cabin or run a startup from a beachside bistro.—
Juhi Wadia,
PC Magazine,
6 Mar. 2026
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Pay multiple people from the crafts site Etsy to perform tarot readings, lift any existing curses and otherwise engage in witchcraft.—
Tyler Estep,
AJC.com,
4 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The devices, Tisch said at a Saturday news conference, were smaller than a football and appeared to be a jar wrapped in black tape that contained nuts, bolts, and screws, along with a hobby fuse that could be lit.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
9 Mar. 2026
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The devices were wrapped in black tape with nuts, bolts and screws, as well as a fuse.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Fortunately, the hot spell will not come with a widespread risk of fire weather thanks to the record-breaking soaking the Southland endured over the holiday season and the lack of significant winds.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Mar. 2026
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Laporta has proven campaign experience both from the world of soccer and also from a brief spell when he was elected to Catalonia’s regional parliament between his stints as club president.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
12 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Adebayo’s pursuit of history transformed a garbage-time snoozer into a highly competitive game within the game.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
14 Mar. 2026
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Late one night in Payatas, a shantytown near a garbage dump in Manila’s outskirts, Santiago knocked on the door of a funeral office.—
Sheila Coronel,
The Atlantic,
13 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Knocking on wood: This tradition is believed to ward off bad luck or prevent a jinx, rooted in ancient beliefs that spirits lived in trees. — Former Austin American-Statesman reporter Brandi Addison contributed to this report.—
Katey Psencik,
Austin American Statesman,
13 Feb. 2026
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Thankfully for them, the original court storm was not a jinx.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
8 Feb. 2026
Noun
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According to Murray, jazz shows us how to cope—and understand, make meaning, and move on.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 Mar. 2026
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A little more than a decade later, the pair co-founded the Sir Douglas Quintet, a group that mixed psychedelic rock, blues, jazz, country music, and the ethnic vibes of the Texas and Mexican border into a uniquely bright and vibrant sound.—
Joseph Hudak,
Rolling Stone,
9 Mar. 2026
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And in one of Fennell’s wildest edits, pure-hearted girl next door Isabella Linton (Alison Oliver) becomes a scary-horny savant à la Emma Stone in Poor Things, with a fabulous voodoo dollhouse and a questionably consensual taste for S&M.—
Anna Gaca,
Pitchfork,
20 Feb. 2026
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The polygraph is voodoo science.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
22 Jan. 2026
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“Hoodoo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hoodoo. Accessed 17 Mar. 2026.
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