genie

Example Sentences

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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

"I don't know how you put the genie back in the bottle but the issue is among us and we can't row back," she says.

From BBC • Oct. 7, 2025

The Epstein genie is out of the bottle.

From Salon • Jul. 28, 2025

The genie of legal sports betting is never going back into its bottle.

From Slate • Dec. 20, 2024

“Awww, man,” I said to myself, “I wish I had a magic lamp so I could have die genie make me be where those shoes are and they could be where I am!”

From "The Watsons Go to Birmingham" by Christopher Paul Curtis