beguiles

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We witness McFadin as he smilingly interrogates—and intimidates—witnesses and plaintiffs, beguiles juries and sweet-talks judges, knocking down charges against Kenrex as if bowling strike after strike.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

It’s an idea that always beguiles but never delivers.

From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2024

It trails across the ground, flutters in the air and beguiles you, just like this film.

From New York Times • Mar. 28, 2024

You need a thing that beguiles its way into people’s lives and then beguiles them into becoming programmers.

From The Verge • Mar. 8, 2022

Hope is a coz'ner, and beguiles our cares, Cheats us with empty shews of happiness, Swift fleeting joys which mock the faint embrace; We wade thro' ills pursuing of the meteor, Yet are distanc'd still.

From The Prince of Parthia A Tragedy by Moses, Montrose Jonas