How to Use the curse in a Sentence
the curse
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Agh, the curse of the good host.
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R. Eric Thomas,
Denver Post,
13 Aug. 2025
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Shiffrin has the blessing and the curse of two more tries.
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Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
14 Feb. 2026
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Labor is the curse of the writing class.
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Literary Hub,
14 Jan. 2026
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Rachel carries the weight of the curse in secret.
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Hanna Wickes,
Charlotte Observer,
1 Apr. 2026
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Therein lies the blessing and the curse.
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Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
9 Apr. 2026
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Also, only those who have made a wish can see the ghosts that drive the curse.
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Kayti Burt,
Time,
24 Apr. 2026
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Could Sianis have willed the curse to his heirs?
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Paul Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
27 May 2026
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This is the year the curse of ‘Purple shirt guy’ is broken.
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Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
21 Oct. 2025
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Hunt bosses with your bow and arrow, and solve puzzles to lift the curse on the land.
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George Yang,
PC Magazine,
1 May 2026
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Time kept ticking by, and the curse, for the most part, remained broken this year.
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Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
15 Mar. 2026
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Mamdani took the curse on the chin after the team lost their 11th game in a row.
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Ryan Morik Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
23 Apr. 2026
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What was the blessing and the curse of having that success so early?
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Lacey Rose,
HollywoodReporter,
20 May 2026
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Then, as the weight of his arm drops the coin, he is released from the curse and returns to human form.
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Colson Thayer,
PEOPLE,
26 June 2026
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The other theme is about the concept of doubt, that’s what the curse represents.
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Destiny Jackson,
Deadline,
4 June 2026
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So the curse then became a helpful narrative tool.
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Jackie Strause,
HollywoodReporter,
1 Apr. 2026
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Whatever the case may be, the final bells are a reminder that the curse has not been lifted.
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Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
17 June 2026
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But the curse of Suburra leaves him no escape, and he will soon be forced to get his hands dirty once again.
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Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
21 Jan. 2026
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In any case, the curse, some in the family said, had finally lifted.
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Sarah Zhang,
The Atlantic,
31 Mar. 2026
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But the curse eventually lifts.
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Daniel De Visé,
USA Today,
28 June 2026
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That’s why the way to stop the curse is to believe the person is your soulmate, which is easier said than done.
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Jackie Strause,
HollywoodReporter,
1 Apr. 2026
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His sister Portia also falls victim to the curse.
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Hanna Wickes,
Miami Herald,
1 Apr. 2026
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All of the rules of the curse were just created in service of that emotional story.
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Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
27 Mar. 2026
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Peter in Barrie’s story was no longer a hero who saved little ones from the curse of growing up.
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Cynthia Pelayo,
PEOPLE,
8 June 2026
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Then the curse of the fathers found me — slow at first, like a rumor rolling over the veld, then sudden, like a snare snapping shut on bone.
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Jan Steyn,
The Dial,
10 Mar. 2026
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The Cleansing Theory The goal here is to wash away the curse rather than break it.
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Ravi Gupta,
New York Daily News,
10 June 2026
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With rival killers emerging out of the shadows, Freddy has thirteen nights to break the curse.
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Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
22 June 2026
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Tatiana Schlossberg and the curse of tabloid crueltyNeed a news break?
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Taijuan Moorman,
USA Today,
31 Dec. 2025
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Lord Dalhousie, in one of his diary entries, blamed the rumors of the curse on the British press.
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Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
9 May 2026
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Her quest to break the curse leads to an unexpected romance with Dan, a kind-hearted mole from the tri-state area.
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Todd Spangler,
Variety,
28 Apr. 2026
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Curry explained the blessing and the curse that comes with being a young Warrior every day.
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Nick Friedell,
New York Times,
12 Jan. 2026
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