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Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2024
Talk with the Clippers about their strong start and the tone can take on a baseball dugout protecting against the jinx of a no-hitter.
—Andrew Greif, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2024
Marquise Francis, NBC News, 15 June 2024
There, that should jinx it from happening again this year.
—Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 10 June 2024
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Noun
Harry Kane can rest assured that his jinx is unlikely to last longer than a season though, history shows us that Bayern Munich rarely fails for long.
—Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2024
Talk with the Clippers about their strong start and the tone can take on a baseball dugout protecting against the jinx of a no-hitter.
—Andrew Greif, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2024
Verb
Play-by-play broadcasters seemingly jinxing what happens on a baseball field is a nightly occurrence.
—Marquise Francis, NBC News, 15 June 2024
There, that should jinx it from happening again this year.
—Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 10 June 2024
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“Jinx.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jinx. Accessed 21 Oct. 2024.
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