genie

Example Sentences

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“The tech genie is not going to go back in the bottle,” Newsom said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 21, 2026

“The genie is out of the bottle given that the longstanding threat of Iran effectively closing the strait has now materialized.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

"I don't know how you put the genie back in the bottle but the issue is among us and we can't row back," she says.

From BBC • Oct. 7, 2025

At this point, there are so many potential sources of bird to human or mammal to human transmission, the H5N1 genie is out of the bottle.

From Salon • Feb. 9, 2025

Out from behind trees, springing off branches came the enemy, their leader looming like a genie out of the water gourd.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston