Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for toadstone
Noun
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The hockey wonks up in the Grading The Week offices are a superstitious lot, especially where playoff juju is concerned.—
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
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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Here, the sado-sensual yearning of the Confederacy to instantiate itself through the fetishes and reliquaries of figurative sculpture is shown as hollow, impotent, all too discomfiting, and very real.—
Horace D. Ballard,
Artforum,
22 Apr. 2026
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Studies show the online dating space is less welcoming for Black women willing to try it — experiences include misogynoir, racial fetishes and microaggressions, in addition to biased dating app algorithms that leave many feeling invisible, less desirable and lonely.—
Tribune News Service,
Baltimore Sun,
9 Apr. 2026
Noun
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One need not worry about big wildlife, but lizards and frogs—like the island's coqui mascot—abound.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
3 May 2026
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Using school nicknames, mascots, and logos would also be banned.—
Carole Carlson,
Chicago Tribune,
2 May 2026
Noun
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Nottingham Forest’s talisman followed up his recent 20-point haul with another double-digit return in his team’s 5-0 win over Sunderland on Friday night.—
Abdul Rehman,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 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 first, used by the likes of Robinhood and Kraken, entails companies buying conventional stock and then issuing corresponding tokens on a blockchain.—
Jeff John Roberts,
Fortune,
29 Apr. 2026
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How many of those tokens are monetized and what is the average price per token?—
Reed Albergotti,
semafor.com,
29 Apr. 2026
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“Toadstone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/toadstone. Accessed 7 May. 2026.
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