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Word: jinx (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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Thanks, Tripp Just because the Crimson can't always get out of Brown with an overtime win, can't always break out of the Yale Whale Jinx with a 12-1 drubbing, doesn't mean Harvard has forgotten...

Author: By Darren Kilfara, | Title: Labor Pains | 11/15/1994 | See Source »

...wouldn't want to jinx the team now, would...

Author: By Bradford E. Miller, | Title: Captains Courageous: Coughlin Leads to Success | 11/5/1994 | See Source »

...also don't like myself or other players saying that we're going to win (the national championship), we might jinx ourselves like baseball players saying 'the pitcher has a no-hitter,'" he said. (You can get the player out of baseball, maybe, but for Coughlin you can't get baseball out of the player...

Author: By Bradford E. Miller, | Title: Captains Courageous: Coughlin Leads to Success | 11/5/1994 | See Source »

Harvard didn't waste any time setting themselves up for this possible jinx...

Author: By Eric F. Brown, | Title: F. Hockey Wins 'Gut Check' vs. Big Red | 10/3/1994 | See Source »

Ever since he attended Argentina's loss to Cameroon in the 1990 Cup, President Carlos Menem has been viewed as a jinx, or "mufa." On a visit to the U.S. last month, Menem purposely passed up a chance to see Argentina play Nigeria -- an election-year ploy, insiders...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cup Confidential | 7/11/1994 | See Source »

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