hoodoo

The Parisians finally broke their Champions League hoodoo in May 2025 with a 5-0 win over Inter Milan - the biggest winning margin in a final.

From BBC ● Apr. 27, 2026

Winger Corey Toole is confident the ACT Brumbies have what it takes to snap a 26-year hoodoo against the Canterbury Crusaders in Christchurch, drawing inspiration from their drought-breaking victory in Auckland last year.

From Barron's ● Feb. 21, 2026

Mosaku: I spoke to hoodoo priestesses and that was really my main research, was kind of the faith, because that is who she is.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 18, 2025

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

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

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool

Hikes into the mountains bring you winter views of the hoodoos, a distinct landmark of the Columbia Valley.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 23, 2024

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

I shore never did," answered Ben; "Circuit must 'a been 'prentice to some big Medicine Man back among his tribe and have a bagful o' hoodoos hid out somewhere.

From The Red-Blooded Heroes of the Frontier by Bronson, Edgar Beecher

“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

Only this, you can’t pretend to be hoodooed or ‘bewitched’ with any of Wun Sing’s omelettes.

From Dorothy on a Ranch by Raymond, Evelyn

You all ask how hit fected me when ah was hoodooed.

From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 3 by Work Projects Administration

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 Peck, George W. (George Wilbur)

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 Johnson, Owen

"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 Burnham, Clara Louise