curse
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Your $3 million windfall is a luxury, a blessing and, only if you let it, a curse.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026
Seeman was caught on camera seeming to curse at Arizona Cardinals tight end Trey McBride, whose side lost 36-24 away to the New York Giants.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
McBride “was heated for sure, but I never heard a curse from him,” Kinkhabwala wrote.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026
Even though Sally cast a spell that made her children forget their powers, now that they’re growing up, they can’t escape that darned curse.
From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026
I broke the thread off quickly and jumped away from the wheel, like somehow I had infected it with my curse.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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
Bronwen Barclay had no concerns about "curses" when she got married in a second-hand dress.
From BBC ● Feb. 28, 2026
In the spirit of not inviting any extra curses this week, we take him at his word.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2025
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
She tried to remember if she knew any curses, any kind of magic.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
"The victim should be consoled at this time, not cursed," one of them read.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
Another is a pungent work of terror about a cursed man who inexplicably perishes in the village’s crypt, forcing the townspeople to investigate by disinterring the bodies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 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
“By some cursed fatality we could never draw together,” Clinton wrote after Howe repeatedly changed his battle plans, leading to the catastrophic British defeat at Saratoga in October 1777.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
The goat limped as it walked, and Thor cursed Loki, whose fault it was that his goat was lame.
From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman
O luxury! thou curst by Heaven's decree, How ill exchanged are things like these for thee!
From Salon ● Dec. 28, 2020
To you the world's a fig tree which is curst.
From Songs and Satires by Edgar Lee Masters
"And though his point wavers out o' the line like a straw i' the wind and his parade is curst inviting and open, still——" "Let me perish, what d'ye mean, my lord?"
From Our Admirable Betty A Romance by Jeffery Farnol
The grand device to people the dark realms With noble spirits, who, but for this curst honour, Had been at peace on earth, or bless'd in heaven.
From The Fatal Falsehood by Hannah More
And i' faith, Jack, when the curst disease plagues men of our age 'tis there to stay.
From Our Admirable Betty A Romance by Jeffery Farnol
Bowie may have been cursing his luck again on Tuesday when his first international start was reduced to a mere 13 minutes following Jack Hendry's red card in the Hampden loss to Switzerland.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 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
He was also dialing Gulf power brokers over Houthi attacks on ships bound for the Suez Canal and cursing at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 20, 2025
“Why didn’t I make sure I had the Invisibility Cloak with me?” said Harry, inwardly cursing his own stupidity.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
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