• But clearly the jinx is broken, unless this suspiciously warm and pleasant Sri Lankan craftsman is playing a deeper game.

    BBC: Five highlights of the Jaipur festival

  • The jinx appears to follow his every journey: "Train manager on Tannoy: "To those with reservations for coaches F, G, H, I and J, as you can see, they're not attached to this train.

    BBC: I'm on a train: the Welsh secretary tweets home

  • And in the 2009-10 campaign, Arsenal was locked in a three-way battle for the Premier League title and had a real chance of advancing past Barcelona in the Champions League before the jinx struck.

    WSJ: Arsenal Back in Its Sticky Patch Again

  • The jinx struck again before the tournament started as he sprained his ankle, causing him to sit out the early pool games, but his influence on England's fortunes, in partnership with 36-year-old veteran inside center Catt, has been undeniable.

    CNN: Springboks, England eye second win

  • That made me secure after that, and I didn't really worry about the sophomore jinx.

    NPR: Anthony Hamilton: 'Ain't Nobody Worryin'

  • The Nike "jinx" stretches right back to the Barcelona Olympics in 1992, when the hot favourite pole-vaulter Sergei Bubka failed to win a medal after a Nike poster had bragged about his prospects: "Spanish air traffic control has been notified".

    BBC: England cricket team: The sponsorship gamble

  • Chelsea even had the luxury of bringing on youngsters Gael Kakuta and Joshua McEachran as they comfortably closed out the game and deliver an early sign of their determination to end their Champions League jinx and win the competition for the first time.

    BBC: MSK Zilina 1-4 Chelsea

  • The digital athletes in NBA Jam performed such hoops-time high jinx as jumping from the half-court line, doing flips in the air and lighting the basket on fire as they dunked the ball.

    CNN: Cyberplay: The Blitz Works!

  • Our covers over the years have turned out to be pretty good flags, despite the legend that such magazine prominence is a jinx.

    FORBES: One of Those Magazine Covers I'd Like Back

  • The Heat signed Varnado to a guaranteed contract in late January but if the Heat win the NBA championship this season, they'll break a D-League jinx: A team that has signed a Development League call-up to a guaranteed contract during the NBA season has never gone on to win a title in the same year.

    WSJ: Can the Heat Break a D-League Jinx?

  • Although it is no longer true that a candidate must win New Hampshire to become president -- Bill Clinton broke that jinx in 1992 -- a poor showing here still appears almost certain to snuff out the chances of a presidential candidate.

    CNN: New Hampshire voters head to the polls

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