curse
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Ever since humans discovered the art and curse of war, leaders have found out that it is easier to start a war than to end one with a clear victory.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
It went to the House and died, and Americans continue to change their clocks twice a year against their own clearly stated will, like a nation under a curse.
From Slate • Jun. 6, 2026
If a curse, it was a decidedly mixed one.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
Running from murderous in-laws is nothing compared to the threat at the heart of “Something Very Bad is Going to Happen,” which depicts exchanging vows with a presumed soul mate as gambling with a curse.
From Salon • Apr. 23, 2026
For when she and the children were in London, the semitoothless soothsayer had told Penelope some remarkable things—for example, that there was a curse upon the Incorrigible children.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
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