curse

Your $3 million windfall is a luxury, a blessing and, only if you let it, a curse.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026

The curse of finishing second passed down to his son who had already turned professional by the time his father claimed the last of those near misses in 2010.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

“SNL” lives in the now, and that can be a blessing and a curse, like when you feel like you’ve seen the same cold open lampooning President Trump 15 times already.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

For a story about witches who have both the curse to kill something and the ability to resurrect it, reappraising a dead-on-arrival film is appropriately meta.

From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026

They’d been doing it all summer, pretending they were old enough or even brave enough to curse like sailors, but never quite getting the words out.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall

It’s also about curses and a giant house that moves around on chicken legs and a turnip-headed scarecrow and pollution and . . . see what I mean?

From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026

Research from the University of South Wales, Derby University and Manchester University showed modern brides are reluctant to buy pre-loved gowns because they're worried about stains, smells - and even "curses".

From BBC ● Feb. 28, 2026

Mr. James also has a challenging role as the crusty salt who curses “dat ole davil sea” almost as many times as Hickey drones on about “pipe dreams” in “The Iceman Cometh.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 14, 2025

As quickly as possible, the crew wrapped up their ill-gotten gains and made for the exit as the four guardians wailed pleas and threats and curses behind them.

From Slate ● Dec. 15, 2024

He didn’t care how many curses he suffered.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

Heading into the 78th Emmy Awards, “Widow’s Bay” seems anything but cursed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

"The victim should be consoled at this time, not cursed," one of them read.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

Another is a pungent work of terror about a cursed man who inexplicably perishes in the village’s crypt, forcing the townspeople to investigate by disinterring the bodies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

Then we have Benny Safdie as Agamemnon, the king of Mycenae, whom Odysseus follows to Troy and, ultimately, his cursed fate.

From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2026

A cursed lamp is a much more interesting topic than, say, a visit to the dentist.

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi

O luxury! thou curst by Heaven's decree, How ill exchanged are things like these for thee!

From Salon ● Dec. 28, 2020

I am only a cowed curst woman who walks with death; I will crouch here.

From King Lear's Wife; The Crier by Night; The Riding to Lithend; Midsummer-Eve; Laodice and Dana? by Gordon Bottomley

"Gentlemen," said the Colonel, "I protest ya' do me too much honour, 'tis curst polite in ya' and I take it kindly, rot me, kindly!"

From Our Admirable Betty A Romance by Jeffery Farnol

The pilgrim tried to think of earlier, happier sights: of his friend Cuthbert—alas! one night’s disgrace left him without that friend; of Giles, the soul of honour, who became a traitor, spit upon and curst.

From The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning by Edward Berdoe

To you the world's a fig tree which is curst.

From Songs and Satires by Edgar Lee Masters

Kallai, who is also a circus artist, rattled off the rules: “No hitting each other, no cursing, no throwing or dropping of anything heavy.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

“I always tell people, it’s not the million-dollar estate that has people cursing probate. It’s the ’72 Ford Torino up on blocks in your garage,” said Keller.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026

Indeed, old photos show a room with seating for all, with sharply dressed riders reading newspapers and enjoying casual conversation rather than standing in a sweaty mob and cursing their travel agents.

From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026

Slicker - Ipswich Town's back-up who has yet to play a league game - will be cursing his sloppy kick-out seconds after coming on that led to the opener.

From BBC ● Jun. 7, 2025

In the dense fog, the nervous red glow of a guard’s cigarette as he sits dreaming, cursing the cold but probably rejoicing in the rain—most likely he’d be the son of farmers.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver