genie
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"I don't know how they're going to put the genie back in the bottle," Lee told AFP.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
College sports leaders are trying to squeeze the genie back into the bottle—witness the president’s new executive order commanding transfer and eligibility limits, among other items—but it’s hard to see the landscape changing soon.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 7, 2026
“So just like that, the proverbial genie is out of the bottle and it’s on videotape that I’m going to UCLA,” Easley would recall many years later.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2025
"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
Smiling, arms crossed over his chest like a genie, Coach declares, “We’re ready for a meet.”
From "Black Brother, Black Brother" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
In conventional, old-fashioned stories about wish-granting genies, the number of wishes is limited to three, the better to deliver a solid punchline or useful lesson.
From New York Times ● Nov. 21, 2023
For centuries there have been stories that it harboured jinns, or genies.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2021
All other genies wish they looked as magical as Houston Texans star Hopkins did this Halloween, fully committing to this mystical ensemble with blue body paint and lavish jewelry.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2019
I try to play two small roles at these annual events: One, I help my friends make sure the various Princess Elsas, dragons, Pokémon and genies do not wander too close to a burning gourd.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 17, 2019
“Fie communicates with the genies of the desert.”
From "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho
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