jinx
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Asked if he was playing as well as he ever has, he replied: "I don't want to jinx it so I will keep my mouth shut on that question."
From Barron's ● Jan. 25, 2026
Rose Parade officials — though they would rather not jinx it — say they are prepared for a soaking.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 1, 2026
"I don't want to jinx it, but I feel like it's gone very, very well," says Ricky.
From BBC ● Nov. 23, 2025
“I don’t want to jinx it,” said Seckeita Lewis, who was flying Friday from San Francisco to Dallas on American Airlines.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2025
“He tried to jinx me, in case you didn’t notice!” fumed Harry.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
“Certainly it had nothing to do with the market selloff — it was just kind of one of those jinxes, if you want to call it that,” Saluzzi said.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 2, 2026
In 2002, the Angels won the World Series, and talk of hexes and jinxes could be extinguished forever.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2022
Here’s a question to ponder: If there are really such things as no-hitter jinxes, then why do the Mariners continue to get no-hit?
From Seattle Times ● May 22, 2021
Nantz is already talking like he’s won—paging Scott Hoch—which would have been the announcer jinx to end all announcer jinxes.
From Golf Digest ● Apr. 10, 2020
When pickled and eaten, these Murtlap growths promote resistance to curses and jinxes, though an overdose may cause unsightly purple ear hair.
From "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" by J.K. Rowling
There’s even some blame for New York’s new mayor, Zohran Mamdani, a Mets fan who apparently jinxed the team early April when he posed for a photo-op with unsettling team mascots Mr. and Mrs. Met.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026
If it tanks, I’ll have jinxed it on behalf of all those EpiPen overpayers from the mid-2010s.
From Barron's ● Apr. 10, 2026
He not only jinxed them once but twice.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 31, 2026
Christie joked that he feared he had "jinxed" Scotland's draw.
From BBC ● Dec. 5, 2025
There were rumors that the job was jinxed.
From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling
To avoid jinxing it, Kohs and Krieg never even uttered the word Nobel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 17, 2026
Not content with jinxing the Dodgers by predicting a potential “120-win season,” local sports seer Bill Plaschke now projects the Rams to be in the Super Bowl.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2025
And perhaps to avoid jinxing things, she has revealed this year what is on her phone's lock screen to motivate her this time round, telling reporters: "You're going to know after the final."
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2023
“I’m just so Catholic and freaked out about jinxing anything,” says Savage.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 8, 2022
Ron, who was supposed to be jinxing Harry, was purple in the face, his lips tightly compressed to save himself from the temptation of muttering the incantation.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
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