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evil eye

[ee-vuhl ahy] / ˈi vəl ˈaɪ /


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Depictions of roses, a skull, a goat and a Santería evil eye dance around them, illuminated in sepia spotlights and looking like they could have come straight from a deck of tarot cards.

From Washington Times • Nov. 6, 2023

He had also conducted internet searches for voodoo and how to "remove the evil eye", police said.

From BBC • Oct. 25, 2023

Roberts disingenuously implies that colleges and universities, like Yick Wo’s persecutors, discriminate “with an evil eye and an unequal hand.”

From Slate • Jun. 30, 2023

It keeps the evil eye away from you.

From New York Times • Jul. 28, 2022

“Or a lighter ship,” he suggests, burning me an evil eye.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman




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