fascinate
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He’s a student of life as much as he is filmmaking, a humanist who forges connections with spectacular sights of the things that frighten and fascinate us the most.
From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2026
And maybe that is the reason why Monroe continues to fascinate.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2026
The family continues to fascinate the American psyche several decades and generations later.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026
But the subject also appears to fascinate him.
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2025
“The Times They Are A-Changin’” by Bob Dylan especially seemed to fascinate her.
From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman
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The American experiment in liberty fascinates Jimmy, and his papers and magazines reflected that.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
As a writer who is both gay and old enough to have watched the internet explode into the nefarious monster it’s become, the way language transforms online both irks and fascinates me.
From Salon ● May 10, 2026
“I’ve done it 62 years. It still fascinates me,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 23, 2026
The Pamir -- "a very special place... the roof of the world" -- particularly fascinates scientists, Stocker said, because it is a climatic crossroads, redirecting moist air from Europe towards the Indian subcontinent.
From Barron's ● Nov. 7, 2025
It is said that sometimes he fascinates them, as the weasel does, by rolling and playing in the open, coming closer little by little until he can make a grab.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
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Greek journalists are used to all this but they have been fascinated that reporters have travelled from Scotland for the case.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
He admitted to being fascinated by fire, and that "things that go through fire experience a kind of rebirth," a detective said in the document.
From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026
Greta Lee and Edmund Donovan star alongside the actor in this adaptation of Arthur Schnitzler’s novella about a group of intellectuals fascinated with a once-celebrated writer who now works at a post office.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
It is a spectacle that has fascinated people for centuries and one that conservationists are working hard to protect.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
There was something about the work that fascinated me: the flying sparks and the ringing anvil, the cherry-red metal and the roaring forge.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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We have a few fascinating reads to kick off your weekend.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
I left a message for the state senator’s office, wanting to know more about what must be a fascinating backstory to this urban legislator’s measure, but like the population of California grizzlies, I scored zero.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Mr. Bockino recounts the fascinating history of the point spread, which helped turned lopsided games into betting fodder.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
"And we don't really understand that yet, but it's a question we should continue to explore if we really want to understand dinosaurs and their fascinating biology."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 2026
Ethan did not oooh or aaah, and he did not say fascinating.
From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg
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