jinxing

Definition of jinxingnext
present participle of jinx
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Verb
  • The 66-year-old actress visited the NBC morning show to promote her new Lifetime movie, Love, Again, and ended up accidentally cursing twice live on air.
    Rachel McRady, PEOPLE, 7 May 2026
  • That looks like a straight between the subscribers and young Wilfred, who was left cursing his beloved Palace for conceding that stoppage-time goal at Anfield, denying him a precious four-pointer.
    Oliver Kay, New York Times, 1 May 2026
Verb
  • If released, both people are ordered to wear a GPS tether and are prohibited from possessing any animals or firearms.
    DeJanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 9 May 2026
  • An indictment filed in December 2024, while Joe Biden was still president, charged 34 members of a gang, known as Group 31 or Los Tiburones, and associates with crimes including drug distribution resulting in at least four overdose deaths, money laundering and possessing a firearm.
    Raquel Rutledge, ProPublica, 8 May 2026
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“Jinxing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jinxing. Accessed 14 May. 2026.

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