hoodoo

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

United have some sort of hoodoo over Villa, who have only beaten them in one of their past 26 Premier League meetings - Unai Emery's first game in charge, in November 2022.

From BBC ● Dec. 18, 2025

Steve Harmison, a former Ashes-winning fast bowler for England, believes Root is on course to end his hoodoo.

From Barron's ● Nov. 16, 2025

Performance aside, with seven points on the board and bottom seeds Belarus to face at the weekend, Clarke's side have given themselves a great chance of ending the nation's 27-year World Cup hoodoo.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2025

I must be the only one free of your hoodoo bad luck.”

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool

In Norwegian folklore they stand as the nation's great hoodoos, the unexplained phenomena that put the heart sideways in those who have encountered them.

From BBC ● Nov. 19, 2023

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

The park, known for its crimson-hued hoodoos in southern Utah, will host its annual astronomy festival from Wednesday to Saturday, featuring day and evening events.

From New York Times ● Jun. 14, 2023

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

"We seem to be regular hoodoos on a boat."

From The Ocean Wireless Boys And The Naval Code by Charles L. (Charles Lewis) Wrenn

“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

He was satisfied now that from the moment he transferred the strap-hanger's bill-book to his own pocket he had been hoodooed.

From A Reversible Santa Claus by Meredith Nicholson

"You lissen at me: if that's the fact, I'm tellin' you-all that every wheel on this blame', hoodooed railroad is goin' to stop turnin' at twelve o'clock on the night before that notice takes hold."

From The Grafters by Francis Lynde

"Not so dreadfully hoodooed after all, were you, Kit?"

From Harper's Round Table, May 28, 1895 by Various

"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

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