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"You curse and drive on to another petrol station. OK, you travel for 10km more than you bargained for, but that's not such a big problem," he says.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

Kalia recently started controlling agents from his Apple Watch, which is proving to be a blessing and a curse.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026

When things go against you, leverage is a curse, not a blessing, as anyone who was on the wrong side of the housing crash nearly two decades ago knows.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026

“A blessing and a curse for me is that we’ve documented it all,” says Jordan, whose background is in photography.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026

I didn’t even shake the dust from my sandals and curse them all.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri

Demonstrating yet again that horrible and failed movies can make for delectable documentaries, “Boorman and the Devil,” from director David Kittredge, does not deal with curses, unless bad decisions count, and they probably should.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

It’s also about curses and a giant house that moves around on chicken legs and a turnip-headed scarecrow and pollution and . . . see what I mean?

From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026

Research from the University of South Wales, Derby University and Manchester University showed modern brides are reluctant to buy pre-loved gowns because they're worried about stains, smells - and even "curses".

From BBC ● Feb. 28, 2026

As quickly as possible, the crew wrapped up their ill-gotten gains and made for the exit as the four guardians wailed pleas and threats and curses behind them.

From Slate ● Dec. 15, 2024

They would not give him any; if he had the energy, he would invoke all the curses he knew on them.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

And with most of the original cast now long gone, the latest sequel often feels as cursed as that treacherous netherworld.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

Then we have Benny Safdie as Agamemnon, the king of Mycenae, whom Odysseus follows to Troy and, ultimately, his cursed fate.

From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2026

Plain and cursed with spectacles, Mary’s on a speed train to spinsterhood when her relatives summon her to London, where suitors await.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026

SAN ANTONIO—In 2020, a sports agent named Leon Rose took on the most cursed job in sports.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026

Seven rubbed the back of her head and silently cursed her awful luck and that good-for-nothing hexed tree.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega

O luxury! thou curst by Heaven's decree, How ill exchanged are things like these for thee!

From Salon ● Dec. 28, 2020

Give him the Prize, O Goddess, if thou durst, A Wretch beneath his lowest Puppets curst.

From The Scribleriad and The Difference Between Verbal and Practical Virtue by Anonymous

And since he is so here's wings to his heels say I, curst Jacobite though he be.

From Our Admirable Betty A Romance by Jeffery Farnol

Certainly, when he ran from school—why don't you speak, you lubber? you're curst modest now, but before I came, 'twas all done amongst the posies—Here, my lady, take from a father's hand, Harry Thunder.

From Wild Oats or, The Strolling Gentlemen by Anonymous

And curst be he yt moves my bones.”

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" by Various

Ars Technica reported last year that cursing would disable Google’s AI overview.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

“I always tell people, it’s not the million-dollar estate that has people cursing probate. It’s the ’72 Ford Torino up on blocks in your garage,” said Keller.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026

Indeed, old photos show a room with seating for all, with sharply dressed riders reading newspapers and enjoying casual conversation rather than standing in a sweaty mob and cursing their travel agents.

From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026

Some players are thriving on the livelier surfaces - but others are cursing them.

From BBC ● May 26, 2026

There was a set of locked double doors, which Annabeth managed to pry open with her knife and a fair amount of cursing in Ancient Greek.

From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan