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Recent Examples of mojo Committing one foul after another and repeatedly sending the Wildcats to the free-throw line while unable to generate any offense themselves, the Bruins lost their mojo in falling behind by 13 points midway through the second half. Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2024 Can the 36-year-old gunslinger rediscover his mojo against a salty Vikings defense? Matt Schubert, The Denver Post, 6 Dec. 2024 As hard as Michigan tried to keep its championship mojo going, the Wolverines were exposed early on as a program in transition. Austin Meek, The Athletic, 25 Nov. 2024 But then, seemingly inexplicably, Red Bull’s stranglehold on the sport vanished as McLaren and Ferrari - and to a lesser extent Mercedes - rediscovered their mojo. Dan Cancian, Forbes, 24 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for mojo 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mojo
Noun
  • Neymar, the talisman for the whole enterprise, was tarred with the same brush.
    Jack Lang, The Athletic, 18 Jan. 2025
  • The film’s second half goes in for horror-movie shock effects when the ghost of a white nemesis haunts the Charles family — bringing back the terrors of slavery — and the talisman piano becomes an instrument of exorcism.
    Armond White, National Review, 27 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Quantum magic The process begins by using regular computers to simplify a problem to be solved using quantum hardware.
    John Timmer, Ars Technica, 24 Jan. 2025
  • Maybe Beane could work some contract magic for a big-ticket free agent, fans hoped.
    Tim Graham, The Athletic, 24 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Ornate jewelry also featured in a Roman burial ground in central Italy, where researchers uncovered gold necklaces and earrings, amulets, and silver rings adorned with amber.
    Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Dec. 2024
  • Dating back to ancient Mesopotamia, the type of collar or amulet around a dog’s neck would indicate its owner's status and place in local communities.
    Annemarie Dooling, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Unknown Armies This idiosyncratic modern magic game from Atlas Games plays like a gritty reboot of other games about sorcery.
    Rob Wieland, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
  • The fact that Desmond injures himself badly in pulling off this sorcery endears him to Corrino all the more, which of course puts Valya in a deeper fix.
    Scott Tobias, Vulture, 8 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Franklin’s immediate ancestors grew up in a world where the fear of witchcraft led to tragic consequences.
    Michael Sheldrick, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
  • The leadership of folks like Book and the Trans Folk Witch is especially significant considering the long history of exclusion within witchcraft.
    Emma Cieslik, Them, 1 Nov. 2024

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“Mojo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mojo. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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