genie

Example Sentences

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“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

The Epstein genie is out of the bottle.

From Salon • Jul. 28, 2025

On Monday, the judge said: "There is nothing the juror can say at this point that can put the genie back in the bottle and repair his credibility."

From BBC • Jun. 16, 2025

At this point, there are so many potential sources of bird to human or mammal to human transmission, the H5N1 genie is out of the bottle.

From Salon • Feb. 9, 2025

The smoke leaked out, a genie from its bottle.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell