fascinate
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And with a memoir like this it will be the extra details that will fascinate people.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
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
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
These and other discoveries add details, which continue to fascinate me, to our understanding of how agriculture’s rise triggered the rise of agriculturally based complex societies in the ancient world.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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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
Despite being so vocal, Cudi still retains a mystique quality that fascinates fans.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2026
In elite sports real struggle is rarely physical; it’s always in the brain, and that fascinates me.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026
It helps to build a more rounded profile of Hitler, a person who still fascinates and terrifies in equal measure.
From BBC ● Nov. 14, 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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The farmer added: "Tourists are fascinated to see the sheep and to hear about the way we look after the sheep and how the sheep look after themselves."
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
Ever the humanist, fascinated by ordinary people taking on otherwise herculean tasks to the point of obsession, Herzog resolved decades ago to make a film inspired by the sisters.
From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026
I left Cramer that day feeling both deeply fascinated by his story and slightly depressed.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
He has also been fascinated by reptiles for most of his life and has long supported zoos, museums, and natural history.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026
I was fascinated by the fast delicate way the lady’s fingers started flipping the cards.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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She is made wickedly fascinating by Ms. Pugh and dominates the series.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
Equally fascinating was his pulling back the curtain, so to speak, on the culture of football, particularly the NFL, where the expectation for players is to follow orders and “shut up and play.”
From Salon ● Sep. 29, 2026
In contrast, the title track is one of the few on the recording that maintains the same mood throughout, one that makes the Swiss city sound like a fascinating place in which to wander.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
That set up a fascinating finish, with three lead changes in the final five minutes, beginning with an interception by Denver safety Talanoa Hufanga which he ran back for a 66-yard touchdown.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
“It’s fascinating how they miss things or try to explain them away. Take earthquakes, for instance. Half the time those are caused by Giants.”
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
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