captivate
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To learn how to captivate an online audience, Bergstrom studied MrBeast-style creators on YouTube and TikTok.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 2026
Yet “The Vampire Lestat” asks viewers to believe something as audacious as a centuries-old vampire still being able to captivate people, launch a music career and inspire a movement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2026
It may not be for everyone, but dome-based entertainment clearly has the power to captivate some.
From BBC ● Mar. 30, 2026
Marked by its stark staging and ritualistic intensity, the work remains one of the most enduring interpretations of Ravel's best-known work and continues to captivate audiences worldwide.
From Barron's ● Feb. 25, 2026
She strung humorous stories along the road like a bright wash and tried to captivate us.
From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
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The fifth instalment of the animated franchise sees Woody, Buzz and Jessie threatened by a new frog-like tablet known as Lilypad, which captivates the film's children.
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026
For McMechan, the ensemble that captivates her most is Stray Kids.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 4, 2026
It’s Wembanyama’s size that captivates most of all.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2025
Even when the story lacks, the visual splendor captivates, and Corbet brings intimate and layered performances out of his actors.
From Salon ● Feb. 28, 2025
They remain aloof from the modern temptation that captivates many in America’s middle class: the temptation to relieve the anonymity of public life by trying to make it intimate.
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
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Europa has captivated scientists for decades because a vast ocean of liquid water may be concealed beneath its frozen surface.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026
"His captivated, always improvised narration made that show the platonic ideal of natural history for me, and introduced a whole generation to the fascination of birds."
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
Based on the book, by Laura Hillenbrand, about the racehorse that captivated the country during the Great Depression.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026
"It didn't matter. We were captivated by the countryside, the silence, the mountains," said 42‑year‑old billing specialist Lucia Hudecova.
From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026
Curators at the National Archaeological Museum of Athens, where all the recovered items were taken, were also captivated by the many delicate objects that Kontos and his men were able to salvage intact.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
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The actor leads a captivating series on National Geographic about the ancient city and its inhabitants, reconstructing the lives of those who might have escaped the lethal effects of Mount Vesuvius’s eruption.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
“Moana” became a box office hit, captivating audiences with catchy earworms from Lin-Manuel Miranda and a spunky young heroine who rejected the label of princess.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
Will Jordan scored twice to help New Zealand beat France as the inaugural Nations Championship opened with a captivating, nine-try thriller in Christchurch.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
The most captivating sidebar introduces Nellie Williams, the young upstate New Yorker whose disabled father won a printing press in a poker game.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
No single feature was right in itself and yet, when they were taken all together, something captivating emerged.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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