fascination
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The fear and fascination of that era were "seared into the collective consciousness", Devasundaram told the BBC.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
“You Can See Everything” is as much about the fascination as it is the woman who inspires it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
"All summer long, I've been picking up bits of drones washed up on the beach," added Baronov, a mechanical engineer by training who harbours a fascination with military hardware.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
The result reveals Balanchine’s fascination for the weird, modernist music and for the ways his ballerina could respond to its oddities by way of acrobatics amid classical schooling.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
My fascination was both evident and unwelcome, and was nothing he hadn’t been subjected to a million times before.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
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But one of the main fascinations of Mr. Goode’s quasi-period piece is the ingenious ways his subjects found to circumvent the law, rationalize their crimes and destroy that which they claimed to love.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
Maybe the only purpose in any of this is to prolong morbid fascinations, to twist the knife.
From Slate ● Feb. 23, 2026
And those most familiar with the state’s unique climate will be more likely to share Selby’s fascinations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2024
One of the eternal fascinations of Test cricket, especially in these Bazballistic times, is that there are almost infinite ways for interpreting what has happened.
From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2024
She was not going to put him on his guard against the fascinations of her friend by praising her too earnestly.
From The Twa Miss Dawsons by Margaret M. (Margaret Murray) Robertson
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