malediction
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As horror metaphors go, this malediction is one we know all too well.
From Salon ● Jun. 18, 2026
Mr. Badoglio then spent three months entreating his cemetery spirits to undo the malediction, until Mr. Zeffirelli was able to begin filming again.
From New York Times ● Sep. 24, 2021
Despite this Sisyphean malediction, with each call for new proposals, the community still tries to push its boulder back to the mountaintop.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 2, 2021
A salvor who declines to donate their winnings to the poor no longer risks “the curse and malediction of our mother the holy church,” as the law was written in the 1100s.
From Washington Post ● May 19, 2020
She was pointing at Ron in dire accusation: It was like a malediction, and Harry could not blame Ron for retreating several steps.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
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