curse
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“It was like the magazine cover curse — as soon as that happened, it was like, ‘Oh, boy,’ and, sure enough, we’ve been down since.”
From MarketWatch • Apr. 2, 2026
The front page of Italian daily newspaper Corriere della Serra labelled it "the World Cup curse" and stressed the requirement for a rebuilding movement.
From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026
Some in France like to talk about that game launching a Gallic curse.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
The tie that binds the Oscar curse and our assumptions of what the roles an actor chooses after their first Oscar nomination should look like is much shorter than it may initially seem.
From Salon • Mar. 22, 2026
“Once upon a time there was a couple with many cattle, but only one son. Their neighbors became jealous, so they hired a witch to put a curse on them.”
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
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