jinxing

Definition of jinxingnext
present participle of jinx
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Verb
  • When Ahmed suggested that this was a bad idea, since Denise was the one who had been violent, Denise began cursing at him.
    Yudhijit Bhattacharjee, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
  • 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
Verb
  • The mood is loaded like a memory, possessing a tenderness that goes beyond the usual pre-disaster movie tension.
    Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 16 May 2026
  • These are linked to a central hub that matches the person possessing the pass with personal details, including a picture of the person named on the pass.
    Alex Kalinauckas, New York Times, 15 May 2026
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“Jinxing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jinxing. Accessed 21 May. 2026.

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