genie

Example Sentences

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“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

"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

We stopped by a wishing well, where a worker handed me a token to throw down to an animated genie who promised to grant my desires.

From Los Angeles Times

The Epstein genie is out of the bottle.

From Salon

On Monday, the judge said: "There is nothing the juror can say at this point that can put the genie back in the bottle and repair his credibility."

From BBC