talisman
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“I didn’t quite recognize until they were gone how much I had valued what they meant on kind of a talisman level,” Carter says.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026
“His relationship with his emperor had become something akin to a talisman to protect himself from criticism, questioning, and political attacks,” Mr. Mauch observes.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026
But Newcastle are going to have to find a way to win without their talisman as they embark on a crunch run of games, starting with Saturday's FA Cup fourth-round tie against Aston Villa.
From BBC • Feb. 14, 2026
Thursday's trade deadline passed with Antetokounmpo still on Milwaukee's roster, but the Bucks talisman was again unavailable as he continues to recover from a calf strain.
From Barron's • Feb. 7, 2026
If the potato was symbolic of the Meecham family’s flight from Ireland, then the freight train was the lucky talisman of their redemption in the new world.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
Vocabulary lists containing talisman
"The Monkey's Paw" by W. W. Jacobs
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Lord of the Flies
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"The Monkey's Paw," Vocabulary from the short story
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