superstition
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“I put my hand on my lid, I look down, and I close my eyes,” Cervantes said of his superstition.
From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026
In the Congo, deep distrust and superstition are impeding efforts to contain Ebola.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
She has tentatively started another novel but has "a superstition talking about things that I haven't finished yet".
From BBC • May 22, 2026
We’ll all find out together if, with the original stock market superstition, life actually imitates art.
From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026
Cape pigeons often darted and flitted around the boat, but the men couldn’t bring themselves to kill the friendly birds, and ancient superstition forbade them from killing the albatross that still followed majestically above.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
Vocabulary lists containing superstition
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