superstition
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While thoroughly grounded in training and technique as a world champion athlete, there is also superstition and a little bit of music sprinkled in the mix.
From BBC • Feb. 5, 2026
At least one fellow, however, thought the addition represented a surrender to the forces of superstition and irrationality.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 4, 2026
Someone joked about bad luck, but thankfully, this superstition did not come true, and a few months later, Lower won the lead actress in a drama series Emmy for her role in “Severance.”
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2025
Among them is avoiding seaweed soup for lunch, as its slippery strands are believed to make students "slip" in the high-stakes test -- a superstition that has long shaped test-day menus.
From Barron's • Nov. 13, 2025
Cape pigeons often darted and flitted around the boat, but the men couldn’t bring themselves to kill the friendly birds, and ancient superstition forbade them from killing the albatross that still followed majestically above.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
Vocabulary lists containing superstition
Friday the 13th
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