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curse

Definition for curse

noun as in misfortune wished upon someone

verb as in swear

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Teacher Bella Ivory said she felt scared when rallying students shouted hateful curse words outside the classroom where she was helping facilitate a Black Student Union meeting last week.

“It was both a blessing and a curse, because I felt real pressure to get it right for everybody here,” they said.

Paul – who has mainly fought ex-UFC stars in an 11-bout career – cursed at a journalist who asked him when he would face "a real fighter".

From BBC

Like the characters in “Pacific Overtures,” we too are living in interesting times, as the old curse euphemistically puts it.

Some Maccabi Tel Aviv fans have previously been involved in racist incidents in Israel, including cursing at the team’s Palestinian and Arab players and reportedly applying pressure on the team to oust them.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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