jinx

The last thing we need is to have Plaschke jinx another one of our local teams.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 14, 2026

The economy may have stuck the soft landing, but nobody wants to jinx it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 18, 2026

Alexander Zverev ploughed into the Australian Open last eight on Sunday but said he "did not want to jinx it" as he bids to make the final for a second year in a row.

From Barron's ● Jan. 25, 2026

Because of that, I don't want to jinx the Black Cats by saying they will win... but it is also hard to make a case for Everton getting anything.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2025

The same can be said of the novel after the best-seller, the album that follows the gold record, or the proverbial sophomore jinx.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos

“Certainly it had nothing to do with the market selloff — it was just kind of one of those jinxes, if you want to call it that,” Saluzzi said.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 2, 2026

The Mariners are — stop reading now if you believe in jinxes — really, truly, probably headed for the playoffs after a 20-year absence.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 7, 2022

As I read back through this live diary, it's truly incredible how many jinxes I've inadvertently put on Koepka.

From Golf Digest ● May 19, 2019

“That’s the look he gives the rookie when the rookie jinxes the shift and says, ‘Boy, it sure is quiet tonight.’”

From Washington Times ● May 7, 2018

He saw the brother and sister running down the marble staircase ahead and aimed jinxes at them, but merely hit several bewigged witches in a portrait on the landing, who ran screeching into neighboring paintings.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling

There’s even some blame for New York’s new mayor, Zohran Mamdani, a Mets fan who apparently jinxed the team early April when he posed for a photo-op with unsettling team mascots Mr. and Mrs. Met.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026

If it tanks, I’ll have jinxed it on behalf of all those EpiPen overpayers from the mid-2010s.

From Barron's ● Apr. 10, 2026

"We went from being 'El Pupas - the jinxed ones', to a club that can compete against Barcelona and Real Madrid without fear," Myela says.

From BBC ● Apr. 4, 2026

Once again, Bill Plaschke has literally jinxed another Southern California sports team with his proclamation questions regarding the Rams:

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 20, 2025

“Yes, but he hadn’t jinxed it, had he?” said Ron.

From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling

To avoid jinxing it, Kohs and Krieg never even uttered the word Nobel.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 17, 2026

Carpenter then tried to give it to Keoghan, but he refused, motioning at the statue as if it were a hot potato he was superstitious about jinxing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 11, 2024

And perhaps to avoid jinxing things, she has revealed this year what is on her phone's lock screen to motivate her this time round, telling reporters: "You're going to know after the final."

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2023

That afternoon in August, Locksley jokingly said he didn’t want to risk jinxing anything, given this favorable spot the Terps have finally found themselves in with Tagovailoa.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 18, 2021

I didn’t want to tell her about jinxing people; I didn’t need to give her any reason to think rootwork was scary.

From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce