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curse

[kurs] / kɜrs /




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A test two years ago revealed she has haemochromatosis - a genetic disorder nicknamed "the Celtic Curse" that she inherited from her Lewis-born father.

From BBC • Feb. 3, 2026

Thousands of people in parts of Northern Ireland are being offered free testing for a disorder commonly known as the Celtic Curse.

From BBC • Jan. 10, 2026

Johnston McCulley, a popular pulp-fiction writer, created the character of Zorro in his 1919 serialized “The Curse of Capistrano.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

But the dunking spawned the legend of the "Curse of the Colonel" that said the Tigers would never win another title until the effigy was recovered.

From Barron's • Dec. 3, 2025

Curse you, eighty-degree summer days, when I have to walk everywhere and live in a house with no AC.

From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon




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