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Recent Examples of juju
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.
—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
Have the world-weary shamus and the former Aztec capital lost their noir juju?
—Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2025
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
Have the world-weary shamus and the former Aztec capital lost their noir juju?
—Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for juju
Noun
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There are few players in world football better suited to the Wirtz role than Cole Palmer, even if Chelsea’s talisman has struggled to find his best form this season.—
Liam Twomey,
New York Times,
17 May 2026
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In the dying days of the Russian Empire, highborn ladies would willingly cut the dirty fingernails of the peasant Grigori Rasputin and then sew the clippings onto their dresses like sacred talismans.—
Gerard DeGroot,
Air Mail,
25 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The cache also contained blue faience vessels, miniature ritual jars, amulets shaped like a duck and the Atef Crown, decorative stones, and several pairs of earrings believed to be made of gold.—
Daniel Cassady,
ARTnews.com,
1 June 2026
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There’s an amulet (one of those glowing doohickeys the fate of the cosmos hangs on), and your heart may sink every time someone starts chattering about it.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
6 May 2026
Noun
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Maybe Gonzaga gets there if Isiah Harwell, a five-star recruit a year ago, finds his mojo.—
CJ Moore
June 2,
New York Times,
2 June 2026
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So where are consumers getting their mojo?—
Andrea Riquier,
USA Today,
30 May 2026
Noun
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On the opposite side of the field, Wilson and Rodríguez stood near the first-base dugout alongside Rays mascots.—
Chantz Martin OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
31 May 2026
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Lemons are practically the mascot of summer, and this cheerful wreath is packed with faux citrus for a bright seasonal look.—
Mariana Best,
Better Homes & Gardens,
31 May 2026
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“Juju.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/juju. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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