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Recent Examples of juju
The hockey wonks up in the Grading The Week offices are a superstitious lot, especially where playoff juju is concerned.
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Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 4 Apr. 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
Have the world-weary shamus and the former Aztec capital lost their noir juju?
—Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2025
Put on all your lucky clothes, manifest your heart out, and run through all the habits that you’re convinced bring you good juju.
—Grace McCarty, SELF, 28 Dec. 2024
But for the young Nigerian women victimized by a human trafficker in 2016, their belief in the juju religion was a controlling force.
—Lisa Henricksson, airmail.news, 19 Oct. 2024
Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 4 Apr. 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
Have the world-weary shamus and the former Aztec capital lost their noir juju?
—Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2025
Put on all your lucky clothes, manifest your heart out, and run through all the habits that you’re convinced bring you good juju.
—Grace McCarty, SELF, 28 Dec. 2024
But for the young Nigerian women victimized by a human trafficker in 2016, their belief in the juju religion was a controlling force.
—Lisa Henricksson, airmail.news, 19 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for juju
Noun
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Like a talisman, anchoring to the here and now, to both the present tense and the constant, impermeability of time, where this one moment, this one oar dipping into water in a lake, is happening now, to me, to you, but also always, but also everywhere.—
Julia Hass,
Literary Hub,
24 Apr. 2026
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While his fans celebrated in the stands, City’s talisman sent the millions of viewers sitting in pubs and at home a message.—
Ben Church,
CNN Money,
20 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Daniel Bernhardt is Deathstalker, a legendary swordsman stuck with a cursed amulet who befriends swamp monsters and teams with a mini wizard (voiced by Patton Oswalt) to stop a dark magic from ruling the land.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
10 Apr. 2026
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The text also suggests wearing amulets that bring blessings and aid the transference of consciousness.—
Jue Liang,
The Conversation,
12 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Smart started the extra period by hitting a three, then kept the Lakers’ mojo going with a flying save of a rebound that became a Rui Hachimura layup.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Apr. 2026
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Creativity, dating and your mojo are fully switched on.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
23 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Our mascot was Pablo Picasso, and Cattelan had an actor walk around with a giant Picasso mask posing for pictures in the pre-iPhone era, an early premonition of the endless selfies.—
Jerry Saltz,
Vulture,
20 Apr. 2026
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Her passion for the sport, however, dwindles after Duffy is booed out of a Coyotes game after a bad encounter with the team’s mascot.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
PEOPLE,
17 Apr. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Juju.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/juju. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.
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