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Recent Examples of juju
Yes, that was the men’s basketball team destroying the bad juju from the previous two seasons with a strong run in the conference tournament.
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Brian Robin,
Oc Register,
8 June 2026
Watching MacKinnon take a puck to the right knee late in the second stanza portended the wrong kind of juju.
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Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
25 May 2026
Or maybe all McIlroy’s bad juju this week will call in its debts, and this week at Aronimink will end in a whimper.
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Brendan Quinn,
New York Times,
17 May 2026
Baseball has always been a sport that believes in the occult — in juju and curses and superstitions.
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Tim Rohan,
NBC news,
3 May 2026
Needless to say, the Giants' good juju took a turn for the worse.
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Skyler Caruso,
PEOPLE,
22 Dec. 2025
In some ways, stocks are trading at record highs because of the bad juju in America’s economy, not in spite of it.
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David Goldman,
CNN Money,
15 Sep. 2025
Walter Sam believes in the magical power of accurately wielding words as well as the bad juju that comes with spouting them all willy-nilly.
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Manuel Muñoz,
Literary Hub,
11 Sep. 2025
American horror almost always exists in the shadow of American society; cinema can’t help but distill all our bad juju into finely concentrated, gruesome genre goo.
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Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
8 Aug. 2025
Brian Robin,
Oc Register,
8 June 2026
Watching MacKinnon take a puck to the right knee late in the second stanza portended the wrong kind of juju.
—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
25 May 2026
Or maybe all McIlroy’s bad juju this week will call in its debts, and this week at Aronimink will end in a whimper.
—
Brendan Quinn,
New York Times,
17 May 2026
Baseball has always been a sport that believes in the occult — in juju and curses and superstitions.
—
Tim Rohan,
NBC news,
3 May 2026
Needless to say, the Giants' good juju took a turn for the worse.
—
Skyler Caruso,
PEOPLE,
22 Dec. 2025
In some ways, stocks are trading at record highs because of the bad juju in America’s economy, not in spite of it.
—
David Goldman,
CNN Money,
15 Sep. 2025
Walter Sam believes in the magical power of accurately wielding words as well as the bad juju that comes with spouting them all willy-nilly.
—
Manuel Muñoz,
Literary Hub,
11 Sep. 2025
American horror almost always exists in the shadow of American society; cinema can’t help but distill all our bad juju into finely concentrated, gruesome genre goo.
—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
8 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for juju
Noun
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But Brazil still carries that familiar unpredictability and attacking verve, with talisman Vinicius Junior one of the game’s most explosive dribblers.
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But Argentina’s talisman stroked it wide of the net.
Noun
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Irony is thus the amulet of thought, which is why it is favored by philosophers from Socrates to Kierkegaard to Derrida.
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The debut feature from Guillermo del Toro, Cronos tells the story of an older man (Federico Luppi) who discovers a mystical amulet that gives him a more energized, youthful demeanor — at a cost.
Noun
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Overall, the Democratic foreign-policy elite had lost its mojo.
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Maybe Gonzaga gets there if Isiah Harwell, a five-star recruit a year ago, finds his mojo.
Noun
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Merlín the duck — Mexico’s unofficial World Cup mascot — didn’t take any questions; his owner, Carla Gómez, did that for him.
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The frenetic antics of Illumination‘s mascot army of yellow miscreants have always been indebted to vintage slapstick.
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“Juju.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/juju. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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