jinx
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I don’t think Sierra Canyon coach Jon Ellinghouse will ever forgive me for the jinx.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026
The paper says the singer "used to jinx us.. but it's all over now!"
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
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
“He wasn’t trying to jinx me, he just wanted to talk about Hermione —” “I’ll be havin’ a few words with her, an’ all,” said Hagrid grimly, stomping up the stairs.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
“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
In 2002, the Angels won the World Series, and talk of hexes and jinxes could be extinguished forever.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2022
Here’s a question to ponder: If there are really such things as no-hitter jinxes, then why do the Mariners continue to get no-hit?
From Seattle Times ● May 22, 2021
Nantz is already talking like he’s won—paging Scott Hoch—which would have been the announcer jinx to end all announcer jinxes.
From Golf Digest ● Apr. 10, 2020
“So where are these jinxes they put up against Snape?”
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" 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
Christie joked that he feared he had "jinxed" Scotland's draw.
From BBC ● Dec. 5, 2025
Any belief that the Chargers are somehow jinxed has been only bolstered the last two seasons, both of which ended with the opposition kicking a deciding field goal on the game’s final play.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2023
It was like his very words had jinxed us, because at that exact moment there was a loud bang on the entrance to the Glitch room.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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
“I’m just so Catholic and freaked out about jinxing anything,” says Savage.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 8, 2022
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
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