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Recent Examples of jinx
Julia Moore, People.com, 13 May 2025
Hynes declined to address the penalty kill after the game as not to jinx it.
—Michael Russo, The Athletic, 14 Mar. 2025
Troy Renck, Denver Post, 4 July 2025
Knocking on wood: This age-old superstition is believed to prevent bad luck or jinxes.
—Brandi D. Addison, Austin American Statesman, 13 June 2025
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Noun
Kylie told Woods, referring to the Knicks' 3-1 series lead over the Celtics and not wanting to jinx the next game's outcome.
—Julia Moore, People.com, 13 May 2025
Hynes declined to address the penalty kill after the game as not to jinx it.
—Michael Russo, The Athletic, 14 Mar. 2025
Verb
Second-year star: There will be no sophomore jinx for Bo Nix.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 4 July 2025
Knocking on wood: This age-old superstition is believed to prevent bad luck or jinxes.
—Brandi D. Addison, Austin American Statesman, 13 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jinx
Noun
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Based on Gege Akutami’s manga, the film follows Gojo Satoru and Geto Suguru, two sorcerers tasked with protecting Amanai Riko, a student chosen as the Star Plasma Vessel, while being pursued by curse users and a religious cult.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
20 Oct. 2025
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The Machine is both an old idea and a modern curse.—
Cal Revely-Calder,
New Yorker,
20 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Lewis was not allowed to possess guns due to two felony convictions, for assault in 2021 and false imprisonment earlier this year.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
16 Oct. 2025
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Because of this, ice bunkers were generally only utilized by social elites such as the royals, who possessed the necessary technological know-how and labor force.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
16 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Instead of croquet games or slam books, the four teen girls of The Craft use spells to help get through their adolescent angst.—
Gwen Ihnat,
Entertainment Weekly,
18 Oct. 2025
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Can Joan save the spell’s unwilling host from irreversible damage?—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
18 Oct. 2025
Verb
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First stop is the Skiatook Municipal Courthouse, where Wendell charms an exhausted clerk into finding him an atlas from before 1950.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
15 Oct. 2025
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Scott was completing a yearlong master’s program in mathematics, and Noone, a doctoral candidate five years his senior, was charmed by the contrast between his good looks and his diffidence.—
Eren Orbey,
New Yorker,
13 Oct. 2025
Verb
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More on culture An Eagles fan brought a Patrick Mahomes voodoo doll to the Super Bowl.—
Emily Bazelon,
New York Times,
13 Feb. 2025
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Despite his clearly enjoying killing people for personal reasons, the movie’s Kraven seems to think of himself as a kind of antihero, which voodoo practitioner Calypso (Ariana DeBose) rightfully clocks as a red flag.—
Charles Pulliam-Moore,
The Verge,
20 June 2023
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“Jinx.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jinx. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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