hoodoo

He even suggested it might be cursed — “There is a hoodoo on it.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

James Slipper scored a try in his 200th Super Rugby match as the ACT Brumbies broke a 26-year hoodoo on Sunday with a 50-24 hammering of the Canterbury Crusaders.

From Barron's ● Feb. 22, 2026

Researching Annie, I had to look back at where I’m from, because she’s a hoodoo priestess and hoodoo is a derivative of Ifa, and Ifa is the traditional Yoruba religion.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 18, 2025

Needless to say, the Scots will need to raise their level to have any hope of ending that 27-year hoodoo, so how does Clarke rouse his team for a seismic camp?

From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2025

So feel I. Living in the Congo shakes open the prison house of my disposition and lets all the wicked hoodoo Adahs run forth.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

They sat in the passenger seat as we descended the scenic drive, and at each lookout point I ducked out of the car to take photos so they could see the hoodoos we were passing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2023

This 9,915-acre state park is one of Utah’s most popular and, along with Bryce Canyon National Park, about 200 miles southwest, contains some of the largest occurrences of hoodoos in the world.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 16, 2022

The bus crashed a few miles from Bryce Canyon National Park, which is known for its intricately shaped red-rock spires called hoodoos.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 15, 2021

Southgate says England, a nation looking to reach a first final for 55 years, have dealt with a number of "hoodoos" already during the tournament.

From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2021

Fly away over the land, moaning your Peter forever,   Croaking of Peter, the boy who didn't believe there were hoodoos,   Crooning of Peter the fool who scouted at stories of witches.

From John Smith, U.S.A. by Eugene Field

“He got hoodooed by this guy. He’s worth $16 billion. He’s obviously hoodooed a few people here and there. He took our governor for a ride,” Harpootlian said.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 14, 2022

His explanation: he was being hoodooed by a radio announcer.

From Time Magazine Archive

Everybody about the show thinks pa has hoodooed the aggregation, but pa says such things are always happening, and it is wrong to blame him.

From Peck's Bad Boy at the Circus by George W. (George Wilbur) Peck

"How 'bout this schooner being hoodooed?" he rumbled in his deep bass.

From Sheila of Big Wreck Cove A Story of Cape Cod by R. Emmett (Robert Emmett) Owen

"Well, sir, they do say as how she is hoodooed."

From Frank Merriwell's Cruise by Burt L. Standish

Do you realize what a start like this—three twos—would mean to a professional like Frank or even an amateur that hadn't offended every busy little fate and fury in the whole hoodooing business?

From Murder in Any Degree by Owen Johnson

"I won't be any longer than I can help, and don't you go to hoodooing me, now, while I'm upstairs."

From Jewel by Clara Louise Burnham