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
“The tech genie is not going to go back in the bottle,” Newsom said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 21, 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
The Epstein genie is out of the bottle.
From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2025
“Yeah, go ahead and save us, that’s great! You don’t need to help me any more—saving our lives from the genie is enough. So...thank you?”
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
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
But on their comic-dramatic journey, the two encounter genies, monsters and villains — and become friends.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 23, 2015
Klimt painted it onto the walls in 1902 for the Secession’s 14th exhibition, depicting floating genies, a knight in shining armor, a giant Typhoeus monster of Greek myth and a choir of angels.
From New York Times ● Mar. 6, 2015
He was also very wrong about there not being anything like magic powers or genies or angels.
From "The Watsons Go to Birmingham" by Christopher Paul Curtis
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