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EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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It's an old superstition that walking under a ladder is unlucky.
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Some scientists view all religion as superstition .
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There is a widely held superstition that garlic protects against evil.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Even during the Reformation it was biblical scenes likely to promote superstition and idolatry that came down.
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Good luck, bad luck, an elaborate system of beliefs, superstitions, symbols.
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It was all very well to laugh at ancient superstitions by light of day and in company.
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No magic or superstition could get him out now.
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The game is filled with creatures of habit and superstition .
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The ill are no longer ostracized as moral pariahs except by a few remaining primitive tribes ruled by superstition .
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These natives are riddled with superstition .