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

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

Practices include black magic, white magic, Wicca, Reiki, Tarot, astrology, and healers of the evil eye and other ailments.

From New York Times • Dec. 17, 2022

Actor Christine Baranski has opened up about that evil eye she gave Elon Musk a few months ago.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 20, 2022

I know that if I don’t say Papa too, it will be like casting the evil eye on him, wishing for something bad to happen to him.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar