evil eye

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Noun
  • Witnesses recall seeing sufferers with so many pox on their faces that their features were no longer identifiable.
    Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 4 Oct. 2024
  • After two weeks, the pox usually began to scab.
    Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 4 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • On bringing locals back to Bourbon Street: New Orleans is known for obviously a lot of its spiritual energy, the voodoo, the occult and all this stuff.
    Elazar Sontag, Bon Appetit Magazine, 30 May 2025
  • After Mosey was accused of rape, Bruny urged him to partake in a Haitian rum-bath ritual; when Mosey was acquitted in March 2023, Bruny told him the voodoo gods had taken a hand in the verdict.
    Amy Kaufman, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2025
Noun
  • Christopher Walken stars as a school teacher who comes out of a coma with a gift that feels more like a terrifying curse.
    EW.com, EW.com, 23 May 2025
  • While Rory McIlroy finally broke his 11-year curse to claim the green jacket, Bradley struggled, missing the cut with a 3-over-par.
    Devlina Sarkar, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 May 2025
Noun
  • This is his second spell as manager after Al Ittihad briefly lured him away to work in the Saudi Pro League.
    James Horncastle, New York Times, 8 June 2025
  • As for what comes next in Dabbagh’s club career – after his loan spell with Aberdeen ended on a spectacular high, he is set to return to Charleroi, with his current contract reportedly running until 2026.
    George Ramsay, CNN Money, 5 June 2025
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“Evil eye.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evil%20eye. Accessed 13 Jun. 2025.

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