genie
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“The genie is out of the bottle given that the longstanding threat of Iran effectively closing the strait has now materialized.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026
A typical plot could have a down-on-his-luck young man meeting a friendly genie or a couple from different classes defying all odds and melodrama to marry.
From BBC ● May 1, 2026
“So just like that, the proverbial genie is out of the bottle and it’s on videotape that I’m going to UCLA,” Easley would recall many years later.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2025
“You can’t put the genie back in the bottle now,” Huda Ammori, co-founder of Palestine Action, told Slate.
From Slate ● Mar. 24, 2025
Immediately, the flat face of the genie surfaced on the Mirror’s glass as if it were emerging from underwater.
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
In conventional, old-fashioned stories about wish-granting genies, the number of wishes is limited to three, the better to deliver a solid punchline or useful lesson.
From New York Times ● Nov. 21, 2023
For centuries there have been stories that it harboured jinns, or genies.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2021
All other genies wish they looked as magical as Houston Texans star Hopkins did this Halloween, fully committing to this mystical ensemble with blue body paint and lavish jewelry.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2019
Daniel, one of the genies, once had a couple ask for their suite to be filled with flowers.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 5, 2018
“The younger genies are close to being all-powerful, but are forced by their elders to learn humility through service to lesser beings, usually humans.”
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
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