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as in spell
a spoken word or set of words believed to have magic power
if you tell anyone about this, I swear I'll put the whammy on you
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Recent Examples of whammy
High-density metros also tend to see higher home prices, meaning that buyers in these areas face a double-whammy of high home prices and often, high HOA fees.
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Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
Jam Sta Rosa—AFP/Getty Images Advertisement The flood-control corruption scandal is a double-whammy for the Philippines.
—Chad De Guzman, Time, 21 Sep. 2025
Richter called it a triple whammy.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2025
The double-whammy of environmental regulations and environmental litigation has been destroying housing opportunities for a half-century.
—James Burling, Oc Register, 14 Aug. 2025
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Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
Jam Sta Rosa—AFP/Getty Images Advertisement The flood-control corruption scandal is a double-whammy for the Philippines.
—Chad De Guzman, Time, 21 Sep. 2025
Richter called it a triple whammy.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2025
The double-whammy of environmental regulations and environmental litigation has been destroying housing opportunities for a half-century.
—James Burling, Oc Register, 14 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for whammy
Noun
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At Barclays Center, Florence + the Machine gather participants to complete the spell-casting circle of their mystic and witchy art-pop (April 21-22, 24).—
Inkoo Kang,
New Yorker,
27 Feb. 2026
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My boredom typically spurs feelings of frustration, guilt, shame—and long nutritionless spells of goggling, slack-jawed, at celebrity news on my phone while the world throbs around me.—
Daniel Smith,
The Atlantic,
27 Feb. 2026
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For Ukraine, the war has been a curse – a curse to survive and adapt long enough to spare Europe’s borders from Russia’s forces and absolve its allies from springing into greater action.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN Money,
24 Feb. 2026
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Indeed, various curses and slurs could be heard shouted from the audience at London's Royal Festival Hall, even during some segments broadcast to audiences in England and abroad.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
22 Feb. 2026
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Thankfully for them, the original court storm was not a jinx.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
8 Feb. 2026
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The Patriots had never won a playoff game in Denver, but the Mile High jinx is now officially over.—
Will Richmond,
The Providence Journal,
26 Jan. 2026
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“Whammy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whammy. Accessed 28 Feb. 2026.
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