as in amulets
something worn or kept to bring good luck or keep away evil
she wears a mascot made of ebony and silver on a chain around her neck
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Recent Examples of mascots
There will also be a silent auction and opportunities to take photos with the mascots from San Diego Strikeforce and the San Diego Clippers.
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Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 June 2026
Our agenda includes promenading with the official mascots, catching some live musical vibes, and looking in on the Pharmalot ancestor.
—Ed Silverman, STAT, 5 June 2026
Festooned with stickers, exclamation marks and the kids’ own renderings of the Babe, the letters illustrate how much team mascots resonate with children.
—Steve Buckley, New York Times, 5 June 2026
The kids get a prize thanks to a partnership with Squishmallow toys, which will turn FIFA mascots into adorable little plushies wearing soccer jerseys.
—Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 2 June 2026
The meal comes with one of 23 Squishmallows plushies, including versions of the World Cup mascots.
—Mike Snider, USA Today, 2 June 2026
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
Sports and sessions at the Home Court athletic center led by Chicago’s professional sports teams and their mascots, including the Chicago Bears, Chicago Blackhawks, Chicago Bulls, Chicago Cubs, Chicago Fire FC, Chicago Sky, Chicago Stars FC and Chicago White Sox.
—Doug George, Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2026
Last year, General Mills reimagined its cereal mascots as puppets as part of a collaboration with the Jim Henson Company, for its 70th anniversary.
—Erin Clements, PEOPLE, 22 May 2026
Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 June 2026
Our agenda includes promenading with the official mascots, catching some live musical vibes, and looking in on the Pharmalot ancestor.
—Ed Silverman, STAT, 5 June 2026
Festooned with stickers, exclamation marks and the kids’ own renderings of the Babe, the letters illustrate how much team mascots resonate with children.
—Steve Buckley, New York Times, 5 June 2026
The kids get a prize thanks to a partnership with Squishmallow toys, which will turn FIFA mascots into adorable little plushies wearing soccer jerseys.
—Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 2 June 2026
The meal comes with one of 23 Squishmallows plushies, including versions of the World Cup mascots.
—Mike Snider, USA Today, 2 June 2026
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
Sports and sessions at the Home Court athletic center led by Chicago’s professional sports teams and their mascots, including the Chicago Bears, Chicago Blackhawks, Chicago Bulls, Chicago Cubs, Chicago Fire FC, Chicago Sky, Chicago Stars FC and Chicago White Sox.
—Doug George, Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2026
Last year, General Mills reimagined its cereal mascots as puppets as part of a collaboration with the Jim Henson Company, for its 70th anniversary.
—Erin Clements, PEOPLE, 22 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mascots
Noun
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Sharp objects like scissors and needles or amulets should be carried by pregnant women or placed near sleeping children to ward off her attacks.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 May 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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Here, as ever, Kokopeli suggests that clinging to youthful talismans offers no protection against uncertainty, and reasserts the odd mix of disaffection and morbid glee produced by such reactionary impulses.—
Theo Belci,
Artforum,
2 June 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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Yet as the memory of the Civil War faded, the meaning of the symbols changed; the names Sumner and Brooks became emblems of partisan rancor—a cautionary tale about the breakdown of civil discourse.—
Rob Wolfe,
The Atlantic,
5 June 2026
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Kara Jakubik, a 17-year-old Life Scout with Scouting America and an Ambassador with Girl Scouts, spent the morning with other volunteers walking through rows of headstones searching for symbols, such as military branch emblems.—
Abigail Dollins,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
23 May 2026
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“Mascots.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mascots. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.
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