hoodoo

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James Slipper scored a try in his 200th Super Rugby match as the ACT Brumbies broke a 26-year hoodoo on Sunday with a 50-24 hammering of the Canterbury Crusaders.

From Barron's • Feb. 22, 2026

Steve Harmison, a former Ashes-winning fast bowler for England, believes Root is on course to end his hoodoo.

From Barron's • Nov. 16, 2025

Seven times in five Tests Broad got Warner, part of an overall hoodoo of 17 dismissals.

From BBC • Oct. 20, 2025

There’s dread in the hoodoo mysticism that blues voices like Sammie’s have — voices with the power, like Orpheus, to unite the living and the dead.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2025

I must be the only one free of your hoodoo bad luck.”

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool