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as in condemnation
a prayer that harm will come to someone
uttered a curse upon his persecutor from the scaffold
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as in swear
a disrespectful or indecent word or expression
started muttering curses after hitting his thumb with the hammer
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as in bane
a source of harm or misfortune
intolerance of personal differences is a curse of humanity
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as in to imprecate
to ask a divine power to send harm or evil upon
I curse the guy who had the idea of having annoying salespeople call up innocent people to sell them things they don't want
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as in to plague
to cause persistent suffering to
misfortunes and problems seem to have cursed everyone ever associated with that house
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as in to blame
to use profane or obscene language at or about
cursed him for showing up late, when he knew how important it was to be on time
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Recent Examples of curse
Nicole Briese, People.com, 22 Oct. 2024
Regardless of whether one sees it as a triumph or a curse, there is no reason to expect that low fertility will be reversed in any major way.
—Vegard Skirbekk, Foreign Affairs, 6 Nov. 2024
Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Nov. 2024
Fortunately for him, Trump is not cursed with self-awareness.
—Nolan Finley, The Mercury News, 23 Oct. 2024
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Noun
Xander, on the other hand, gets a comical turn as an army guy before trusty Giles (Anthony Head) saves the day by breaking the costume curse.
—Nicole Briese, People.com, 22 Oct. 2024
Regardless of whether one sees it as a triumph or a curse, there is no reason to expect that low fertility will be reversed in any major way.
—Vegard Skirbekk, Foreign Affairs, 6 Nov. 2024
Verb
Someone had carved the name of a man—one of the house’s former owners—upside down, a superstitious practice of cursing someone by defacing their name.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Nov. 2024
Fortunately for him, Trump is not cursed with self-awareness.
—Nolan Finley, The Mercury News, 23 Oct. 2024
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De La Soul’s unexpected broadside against High and Rising drew plenty of online condemnation.Mosi Reeves, Rolling Stone, 27 Nov. 2024
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The demonstration in Decatur received no media attention—much less condemnation from the president.Tess Owen, WIRED, 26 Nov. 2024
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There’s a heavy focus on Asia’s first One&Only spa, featuring a green caviar body exfoliation and an Augustinus Bader facial celebs swear by.Katie Lockhart, Robb Report, 11 Oct. 2024
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Biggest takeaways from 'Hard Knocks' with Bears: An HBO show with no swears?Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 6 Sep. 2024
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If body acne is the bane of your existence, this gel body wash will definitely help clear up your skin.Devon Abelman, Allure, 6 Nov. 2024
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That new app has been the bane of many longtime Sonos users' existence of late.Parker Hall, WIRED, 3 June 2024
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The areas of the city near Sycamore Drive, Mahogany Way, Peppertree Way, and L Street have been plagued with violence over the past three months.Hema Sivanandam, The Mercury News, 14 Nov. 2024
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And Sebastian Hady can be the hero in the papers: the guy who turned the lights back on in Crown Point and ended the drug war that’s plagued Gotham for decades.Andy Andersen, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2024
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The spokesperson noted that the failure to win a loan guarantee from the German government wasn't down to Lilium's technology, but instead was blamed on disagreement in parliament from the Green Party over funding an air travel company.Nicole Kobie, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
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An American citizen has died at a popular adventure spot in Laos where alcohol tainted with methanol has been blamed for a spate of poisonings in recent days.Mithil Aggarwal, NBC News, 22 Nov. 2024
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Heinz removed the censure from his request and put forth a motion requesting investigations by the Arizona Attorney General’s Office and the United States Attorney for the District of Arizona into the sheriff's actions.Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 13 Nov. 2024
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Bartomeu resigned from the Barca presidency in October 2020 after a motion of censure, which Font helped organise, received more than 20,000 signatures from club members.Dermot Corrigan, The Athletic, 31 July 2024
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The language barrier has always been the catalyst for most problems when working with someone who speaks a foreign language.Expert Panel®, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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The platform launches with a slate spanning 12+ languages and 10+ genres, featuring everything from video-on-demand content to free gaming, radio streaming, and 65 live channels.Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 21 Nov. 2024
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Contributor | Getty Images News | Getty Images Iran has been one of Russia’s few staunch allies throughout the war against Ukraine, but Tehran now faces the strain of indirectly fighting its nemesis Israel on two fronts.Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2024
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Meanwhile, Khaleda Zia, leader of the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and Hasina’s longtime nemesis, was released from house arrest, and a ban was rescinded on Bangladesh’s main Islamist party, Jamaat-e-Islami.Charlie Campbell, TIME, 3 Oct. 2024
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“Curse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/curse. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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