cursed

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Here, Tuason cleverly lifts a conceit from “The Ring,” where a cursed videotape gave the viewer seven days to live after popping it into the VCR.

From Salon • Mar. 15, 2026

No one cursed, as far as I know.

From Slate • Mar. 13, 2026

"I just thought that it was really exciting. The dress is obviously not cursed, I'm happily married, as is the bride I bought it from," she joked.

From BBC • Feb. 28, 2026

Followers began to think the teams she picked as winners were actually cursed to be losers.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 20, 2026

If anything was more feared than an Eye, it was the Eye’s weapon—the source of the knight’s power, cursed to destroy anyone who touched it other than the knight himself.

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley