curse
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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
What happened next inspired Graham – how Southgate, "who missed that penalty… broke the World Cup penalty curse".
From BBC • May 18, 2026
The resource curse got its name for a reason, the strange alchemy by which having lots of oil keeps a country poor and oppressed.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 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
“You certainly seem to talk. I wonder if you have relatives in other villages. Did a witch put a curse on Rumpy’s foot? What do you do when someone gets sick? Do you have ngangas?”
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
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