superstitious
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Richie is anxious to get back home by 5:15, because Tiffany, who is pregnant, has a superstitious notion that that’s the time she’ll go into labor.
From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026
Missing in all this is any reverence for or even superstitious fear of the dead.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2026
With unreliable mobile service, no wi-fi and a deeply superstitious population that does not respect him, Loftis is determined to bring in tourists and secure a better life for his teenage son.
From BBC • Jan. 2, 2026
Several weeks have passed since then, and the superstitious interpreter still wears his lucky boxers on days Yamamoto pitches.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 23, 2025
Bigwig, who was generous and honest, had never for a moment resented Hazel’s courage on the night when his own superstitious fear had got the better of him.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
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