curses
/ (ˈkɜːsɪz) /
often facetious an expression of disappointment or dismay
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Who talks about sports “curses” as much as the fans who stubbornly remain fans in the face of such curses?
Cleveland Comes Crawling Back to LeBron: The Masochism of Rust Belt Chic | Arthur Chu | July 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTChildren, even when they are difficult, deserve not to be seen as curses or blights or punishments.
Twisted Anti-Vaxxer Parents Choose Fatal Diseases Over Autism | Elizabeth Picciuto | July 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnyone who curses their father or mother is to be put to death.
The Conservative Crusade For Christian Sharia Law | Dean Obeidallah | February 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTEither fondly or with curses, it is a time to look back at a year grown familiar to us now.
New Year’s Rockin’ Eve 1913: How We Celebrated 100 Years Ago | Charles Emmerson | December 31, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTMany minors report that curses, threats, and sometimes even beatings are customary during this experience.
But all of this is in contradiction to the curses of Jahveh on the serpent, and on those to whom the serpent brought wisdom.
Solomon and Solomonic Literature | Moncure Daniel ConwayHe heard men speak his name in tones of kindness, whose lips on the morrow would deal out curses.
curses light upon your head, and black death upon your heart, you imp!
Oliver Twist, Vol. II (of 3) | Charles DickensThe men of his company, roaring curses at the Frenchmen, prepare to receive and repel a thundering charge of French cuirassiers.
Little Travels and Roadside Sketches | William Makepeace ThackerayHe also invokes blessing on those who should preserve and respect his monument, and curses those who should injure or remove it.
The Oldest Code of Laws in the World | Hammurabi, King of Babylon
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