evil eye

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Depictions of roses, a skull, a goat and a Santería evil eye dance around them, illuminated in sepia spotlights and looking like they could have come straight from a deck of tarot cards.

From Washington Times • Nov. 6, 2023

He had also conducted internet searches for voodoo and how to "remove the evil eye", police said.

From BBC • Oct. 25, 2023

Roberts disingenuously implies that colleges and universities, like Yick Wo’s persecutors, discriminate “with an evil eye and an unequal hand.”

From Slate • Jun. 30, 2023

“They are like apotropaic amulets warding off the evil eye: an army of ever-watchful, unblinking, cyclopean eyes,” wrote critic Zoé Samudzi in a short monograph of William’s work published in 2021.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2023

Looking a bit baffled, Sam said nothing, but continued to give Enoch the evil eye.

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs