curse

The village elders send Ashitaka west to find out how this curse came to be.

From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026

A long bull market brings blessings—and a curse.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

Everything the man is touching nowadays turns into gold for him and rot for the rest of us, a curse any smart person would avoid.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026

Engalnd fans can "breathe easier", the paper reassures, because Kane has been "released" from the curse that "stopped him from scoring against Ghana".

From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026

He said the word as though it were a curse.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

The president in this book never curses, even when throwing backroom tantrums.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026

Bronwen Barclay had no concerns about "curses" when she got married in a second-hand dress.

From BBC ● Feb. 28, 2026

Even rapper Cardi B joked about Reese’s picks becoming curses after the girl picked the New England Patriots to win over the Houston Texans this weekend.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 20, 2026

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

But there’s also magic 'in the ways people find to overcome their curses, and maybe even find a way to make something beautiful out of them.

From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish

The rumor among her people is that Mary has been cursed with this malign power.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026

Vibes: cursed tea party, haunted cottage, abandoned in a mansion.

From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2026

I’d also love to see Matthew Rhys get some awards love for his stellar comedic turn as the mayor of a cursed seaside town in Apple TV’s ‘Widow’s Bay.’

From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026

In Widow's Bay, Rhys portrays Tom Loftis, the mayor of a community struggling with no wi-fi, poor mobile phone signal and locals who believe the island is cursed.

From BBC ● May 1, 2026

Missy had been right all along: This forest was cursed!

From "I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980" by Lauren Tarshis

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

From Salon ● Dec. 28, 2020

“Good frend for Isus sake forbeare To digg ye dust encloased heare Bleste be ye man yt spares thes stones And curst be he yt moves my bones.”

From Molly Brown of Kentucky by Speed, Nell

And since he is so here's wings to his heels say I, curst Jacobite though he be.

From Our Admirable Betty A Romance by Farnol, Jeffery

I have; and I am curst, And Misery makes the moments, as they fly, Harder than stone, and sorrier than a sigh.

From Love Letters of a Violinist and Other Poems by Mackay, Eric

No, no, sir, a Gad's name don't call me so, 'tis a curst name, 'twas my father's name, beside 'tis a name to hang a dog.

From Our Admirable Betty A Romance by Farnol, Jeffery

He was also dialing Gulf power brokers over Houthi attacks on ships bound for the Suez Canal and cursing at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 20, 2025

Contreras followed doctor’s orders to stay calm when the Dodgers were losing instead of cursing like the past and quietly applaud when the team was winning when he would’ve previously roared.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2025

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

Given his fluctuating year and the lives gifted to Brook, Pope must have been cursing his luck that he was the victim of Phillips' gravity-defying brilliance.

From BBC ● Nov. 29, 2024

Men coming to his blacksmith shop to talk and listen dropped their cursing for a while, not from any kind of restraint but automatically, as though this were not the place for it.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck