cursed
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"The victim should be consoled at this time, not cursed," one of them read.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 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
Does this explain why my dad told me we were cursed growing up?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
Nathaniel Hawthorne set this brooding, allegorical work in mid-19th-century Salem, Mass., a town cursed by the crimes of the witch trials.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
She knew only that hunger and cold cursed her life and kept her waking and walking and working for no other reason than to stop the pain.
From "The Midwife's Apprentice" by Karen Cushman
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