jinx
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The paper says the singer "used to jinx us.. but it's all over now!"
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
The economy may have stuck the soft landing, but nobody wants to jinx it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 18, 2026
Alexander Zverev ploughed into the Australian Open last eight on Sunday but said he "did not want to jinx it" as he bids to make the final for a second year in a row.
From Barron's ● Jan. 25, 2026
Because of that, I don't want to jinx the Black Cats by saying they will win... but it is also hard to make a case for Everton getting anything.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2025
Harry had his wand raised, waiting on tenterhooks to repel a jinx that seemed unlikely ever to come.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
“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
The Mariners are — stop reading now if you believe in jinxes — really, truly, probably headed for the playoffs after a 20-year absence.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 7, 2022
Nantz is already talking like he’s won—paging Scott Hoch—which would have been the announcer jinx to end all announcer jinxes.
From Golf Digest ● Apr. 10, 2020
“That’s the look he gives the rookie when the rookie jinxes the shift and says, ‘Boy, it sure is quiet tonight.’”
From Washington Times ● May 7, 2018
He saw the brother and sister running down the marble staircase ahead and aimed jinxes at them, but merely hit several bewigged witches in a portrait on the landing, who ran screeching into neighboring paintings.
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
There were rumors that the job was jinxed.
From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling
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
“I’m just so Catholic and freaked out about jinxing anything,” says Savage.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 8, 2022
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
I didn’t want to tell her about jinxing people; I didn’t need to give her any reason to think rootwork was scary.
From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce
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