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accursed

[uh-kur-sid, uh-kurst] / əˈkɜr sɪd, əˈkɜrst /


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Encouraging us to shift our gaze from the wall to our devices — to assume that accursed downward tilt of the neck when splendors abound before our eyes — is simply detrimental.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

It is “at once an accursed and a sacred place,” American Jewish Committee CEO David Harris said.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 3, 2022

That sounded apt for a planet of accursed and hurled clubs, but it didn’t fit Thursday at Royal St. George’s, where almost everybody liked their club faces.

From Washington Post • Jul. 15, 2021

Perhaps like those other accursed malefactors, you will refuse responsibility.

From Salon • Oct. 25, 2020

‘You have looked in that accursed stone of wizardry!’ acclaimed Gimli with fear and astonishment in his face.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien




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