jinxed
Example Sentences
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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
“A few people were telling me, maybe you jinxed them. I said, ‘It’s either going to give us good luck or jinx them.’”
From Washington Times • Jun. 18, 2023
There were rumors that the job was jinxed.
From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling
