curse
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The village elders send Ashitaka west to find out how this curse came to be.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 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
"Kane curse lifted", the paper says, referring to England captain Harry Kane, who came under a "curse" from a "witch doctor".
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026
For parents like me, the research isn’t a curse but preparation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
“Beets! I curse them, roots and stems and all.”
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
The president in this book never curses, even when throwing backroom tantrums.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 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
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 curses out Brian, then responds to Alice's suggestion that forgiving Louis may help him by doing that — then in the next breath, making Louis promise to cut ties with his daughter.
From Salon ● Dec. 14, 2024
As I held my stare with Miss Trotter I knew it didn’t matter that I didn’t believe in hexes or curses.
From "Gone Crazy in Alabama" by Rita Williams-Garcia
Does this explain why my dad told me we were cursed growing up?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
“By some cursed fatality we could never draw together,” Clinton wrote after Howe repeatedly changed his battle plans, leading to the catastrophic British defeat at Saratoga in October 1777.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
There’s a fine line between lucky and cursed, however, and Pulisic is straddling it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2026
Vibes: cursed tea party, haunted cottage, abandoned in a mansion.
From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2026
My mother, Aphrodite, cursed Psyche for her distrust.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
O luxury! thou curst by Heaven's decree, How ill exchanged are things like these for thee!
From Salon ● Dec. 28, 2020
Give him the Prize, O Goddess, if thou durst, A Wretch beneath his lowest Puppets curst.
From The Scribleriad and The Difference Between Verbal and Practical Virtue by Anonymous
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 Bottomley, Gordon
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 Berdoe, Edward
"Nunky," he murmured, "since you're so curst wide-awake I'm free to confess that for the last six months I've worshipped at the shrine of the Admirable Betty—de-votedly, sir!"
From Our Admirable Betty A Romance by Farnol, Jeffery
We have already witnessed an ice dance judging scandal and a curling kerfuffle featuring a cursing Canadian.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 15, 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
Instead of cursing and screaming every time his adrenaline surged, the now sixth-year big-leaguer kept a cooler head.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 2, 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
My father agreed, but with a gentle laugh, reminded her that cursing at a young boy wasn’t the most effective way of making a point.
From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore
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