genie

Example Sentences

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"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

“You can’t put the genie back in the bottle now,” Huda Ammori, co-founder of Palestine Action, told Slate.

From Slate • Mar. 24, 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

“The genie is out of the bottle,” Vaughn said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2024

Outside, a brilliant light lit up the windows, brighter than the sunlight had been before it was blocked out by the genie.

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley