superstitious
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Cobolli jokes that his progress in Paris is also down to his superstitious nature.
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026
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
He said he told him about superstitious routines he would do like talking to the car or always getting in on the left hand side.
From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026
Missing in all this is any reverence for or even superstitious fear of the dead.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2026
The basis of his fear, or so he himself seemed to believe, was a newly grown superstitious certainty that “whatever had to happen won’t happen” as long as he and Dick “stick together.”
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
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