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
In Italy, where she has no public role, Catherine seemed to fascinate people.
From BBC ● May 14, 2026
Female friendships fascinate Tessa Thompson—especially the ones that go awry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 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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“Maybe I make it too complicated, but it’s what fascinates me as an academic. … I think about my own life when I reflect on all of these questions,” he said.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 7, 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
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
Sometimes these tourists ask me about indigenous customs— a topic that fascinates them.
From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau
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On Saturday evening, Interior Minister Marcin Kierwinski said the evidence at hand indicated Oksinski had "very, very radical views" and "may have been fascinated by far-right ideologies".
From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2026
Poland's Interior Minister Marcin Kierwiński said "everything suggests" the suspect was "fascinated by far-right ideologies" and held ultra-nationalist views.
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2026
Although the star has fascinated astronomers for generations, it attracted worldwide attention in late 2019 and early 2020 when its brightness unexpectedly plunged to its lowest recorded level in more than 100 years.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026
“It just fascinated me that he put it in this novel apropos of nothing else,” Crook said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
He squeezes my hand tighter, and we all continue to watch this family, fascinated, like they’re actors starring in a movie.
From "Zara’s Rules for Record-Breaking Fun" by Hena Khan
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The result is a fascinating collection of American folk beliefs in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
From Slate ● Nov. 13, 2026
"It's really fascinating, because we're looking at an age which precedes hormonal surges. It precedes sexual differentiation in the brain and many other regions. So, it's surprising there would be a sex-based difference this early."
From Science Daily ● Nov. 3, 2026
"All our work group chats immediately blew up. Everyone started messaging each other, discussing what was happening. And what I found fascinating was how quickly we turned the whole thing into a joke."
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026
She also includes revenants: horror dolls and a fascinating video of the macabre 1907 film “The Doll’s Revenge.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026
When she finally spoke, her low, accented voice resembled the moaning of Grandmother’s favorite fortune-teller, frightening and fascinating all at once.
From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord
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