After many other failed attempts to try and solve the ailment afflicting Regan, her superstitious mother decides to call a priest out of desperation.

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Lamar Jackson caught a tough break early in the Baltimore Ravens’ game against the San Francisco 49ers on Monday when a referee tripped him in the end zone, but those who are superstitious may tell you it saved the star quarterback’s season.

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On becoming Britain's first female chancellor, Rachel Reeves said: 'I'm not superstitious but I don't want to tempt fate and start measuring the curtains.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-12710997/Labour-Rachel-Reeves-admire-Margaret-Thatcher-foolish-not-to.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

Same goes for Braun’s superstitious stance on the Nuggets’ first championship in franchise history.

Source: https://www.denverpost.com/2023/10/08/christian-braun-stats-nuggets-bruce-brown-frozen-backpack/

That shameful incident took place because of the superstitious and anti-intellectual foundations many lecturers have dug, laid, watered, and maintained in the universities over the years.

Source: https://www.opinionnigeria.com/lecturers-superstitions-and-academic-decay-on-campuses-in-nigeria-by-leo-igwe/

These are expressions of superstitious beliefs and usually done for tourism purposes,” the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) said in a 2015 statement.

Source: https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/496670/self-flagellation-and-crucifixion-as-extreme-expression-of-faith

They are also used to cast off the evil eye - a superstitious belief that bad luck is brought to someone when a person glares at them with feelings of dislike or envy.

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To not adorn their ear, or hinder them in any way, was most likely a superstitious belief that they would function better without it, and the garbless Ferengi would have better financial luck.

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When some 'dreadlock' is found in the hair, it is linked to the superstitious belief that such matted hair is blessing and cutting them could invite the wrath of a goddesses," she said.

Source: https://www.freepressjournal.in/pune/nandini-jadhavs-jat-nirmulan-efforts-honoured-through-exhibition-in-pune