genie
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"I don't know how they're going to put the genie back in the bottle," Lee told AFP.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
However, speaking to the BBC earlier this year, Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander said the "genie was out of the bottle" and new laws could be introduced if parliamentary time became available.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
College sports leaders are trying to squeeze the genie back into the bottle—witness the president’s new executive order commanding transfer and eligibility limits, among other items—but it’s hard to see the landscape changing soon.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 7, 2026
“Oh. I’m sorry,” the genie proclaimed after a short pause.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2025
As she hummed a long, silvery wand flickered into existence in her hand, and she pointed it at the genie.
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
The entire industry is an illusion: actors, dialogue, costumes, sets, editing, even the magic of performers appearing on small screens with a snap, like genies summoned to amuse.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 2024
For centuries there have been stories that it harboured jinns, or genies.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2021
Great stylists, like Amis, reinvigorate our perception of the physical world by defamiliarizing it, describing, for example, the steam that rises from the grates in New York City sidewalks as “meat-eating genies of subway breath.”
From New York Times ● Feb. 23, 2021
I try to play two small roles at these annual events: One, I help my friends make sure the various Princess Elsas, dragons, Pokémon and genies do not wander too close to a burning gourd.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 17, 2019
This is a rule that even genies follow.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
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