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There were no player ejections by officials, according to City Section commissioner Vicky Lagos, who declined to comment because she said she “didn’t want to jinx it” for this coming week.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026

I don’t think Sierra Canyon coach Jon Ellinghouse will ever forgive me for the jinx.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026

The paper says the singer "used to jinx us.. but it's all over now!"

From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026

Asked if he was playing as well as he ever has, he replied: "I don't want to jinx it so I will keep my mouth shut on that question."

From Barron's ● Jan. 25, 2026

He began to believe that he really was a jinx.

From "The Cricket in Times Square" by George Selden

“Certainly it had nothing to do with the market selloff — it was just kind of one of those jinxes, if you want to call it that,” Saluzzi said.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 2, 2026

In 2002, the Angels won the World Series, and talk of hexes and jinxes could be extinguished forever.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2022

Here’s a question to ponder: If there are really such things as no-hitter jinxes, then why do the Mariners continue to get no-hit?

From Seattle Times ● May 22, 2021

As I read back through this live diary, it's truly incredible how many jinxes I've inadvertently put on Koepka.

From Golf Digest ● May 19, 2019

Ron thought it most likely to be spectacular jinxes and hexes of the type the Death Eaters would not know.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling

There’s even some blame for New York’s new mayor, Zohran Mamdani, a Mets fan who apparently jinxed the team early April when he posed for a photo-op with unsettling team mascots Mr. and Mrs. Met.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026

If it tanks, I’ll have jinxed it on behalf of all those EpiPen overpayers from the mid-2010s.

From Barron's ● Apr. 10, 2026

He not only jinxed them once but twice.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 31, 2026

Christie joked that he feared he had "jinxed" Scotland's draw.

From BBC ● Dec. 5, 2025

Like any celebrity, Ignatius had attracted his fans: his mother’s jinxed relatives, neighbors, people Mrs. Reilly had not seen for years.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

To avoid jinxing it, Kohs and Krieg never even uttered the word Nobel.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 17, 2026

And perhaps to avoid jinxing things, she has revealed this year what is on her phone's lock screen to motivate her this time round, telling reporters: "You're going to know after the final."

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2023

That afternoon in August, Locksley jokingly said he didn’t want to risk jinxing anything, given this favorable spot the Terps have finally found themselves in with Tagovailoa.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 18, 2021

The immensely likable first baseman blamed me for jinxing them in 2016 when I congratulated him at the All-Star game for the division title that they appeared bound to win.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2021

Ron, who was supposed to be jinxing Harry, was purple in the face, his lips tightly compressed to save himself from the temptation of muttering the incantation.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling