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Recent Examples of jinx
Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 19 Jan. 2025
In the interview area afterwards, amid the high jinx, there was sincerity; glimpses of football’s soul.
—Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, The Athletic, 15 Apr. 2024
Paul Taylor, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
And apologies to Kamilla for retroactively jinxing her by making the pint-sized video game enthusiast my winner pick.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 27 Feb. 2025
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Noun
Unless, of course, the writer’s jinx overcomes the tie pin and the palm trees.
—Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 19 Jan. 2025
In the interview area afterwards, amid the high jinx, there was sincerity; glimpses of football’s soul.
—Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, The Athletic, 15 Apr. 2024
Verb
When asked about the overall situation in a press conference shortly after the last international break in November, Nuno seemed almost alarmed that the subject had been brought up, as if speaking about it would jinx their luck.
—Paul Taylor, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
And apologies to Kamilla for retroactively jinxing her by making the pint-sized video game enthusiast my winner pick.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 27 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jinx
Noun
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After turning undead and hiding her bite wound, Mary easily gets permission to re-enter the building, and quickly seduces Stack, before murdering him and infecting him with the vampire curse.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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Maybe that’s more blessing than curse in our age of baldly allegorical horror movies.—
A.A. Dowd,
Rolling Stone,
17 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Williams possesses huge arms (34 3/8 inches) and a giant wingspan (82 7/8 inches).—
Scott Dochterman,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2025
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Both India and Pakistan possess nuclear weapons, and any military escalation could lead to catastrophic consequences.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Apr. 2025
Noun
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His sole Premier League appearance came against Manchester City nearly four years later and his career has included loan spells with Lincoln City, Peterborough United, MK Dons and Rotherham United.—
Roshane Thomas,
New York Times,
23 Apr. 2025
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The company's manifesto unabashedly promotes the tool as an aid to cheating and likens its arrival to inventions like calculators, spell checkers, and Google.—
Jibin Joseph,
PC Magazine,
22 Apr. 2025
Verb
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And, naturally, Navarro was instantly charmed, dreamily melting into her chair as her fellow View cohosts all giggled.—
Emlyn Travis,
EW.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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He’s eventually charmed by his patient and relents but still insists on doing his rounds.—
Erin Qualey,
Vulture,
7 Apr. 2025
Verb
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More on culture An Eagles fan brought a Patrick Mahomes voodoo doll to the Super Bowl.—
Emily Bazelon,
New York Times,
13 Feb. 2025
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Despite his clearly enjoying killing people for personal reasons, the movie’s Kraven seems to think of himself as a kind of antihero, which voodoo practitioner Calypso (Ariana DeBose) rightfully clocks as a red flag.—
Charles Pulliam-Moore,
The Verge,
20 June 2023
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“Jinx.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jinx. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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