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fascinate

[fas-uh-nayt] / ˈfæs əˌneɪt /


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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

Or is it only the archetypal Oedipus and Antigone who fascinate us?

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 6, 2026

But the subject also appears to fascinate him.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2025

Her neighbors despise the creatures that fascinate her.

From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman

“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

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

Something that fascinates me about the entire Nacional crew is that, even though what they operate is clearly a business, they also love music.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2025

It fascinates us, but it rules the Gethenians, dominates them.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin

Homo naledi lived approximately 335,000 to 241,000 years ago and has fascinated scientists since its discovery in 2013.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 11, 2026

Krakow's Main Market Square remained sealed off Sunday as mourners brought candles in tribute to six people killed by a gunman who authorities said was "fascinated by far-right ideologies".

From Barron's ● Nov. 8, 2026

Poland's Interior Minister Marcin Kierwiński said "everything suggests that he was fascinated by far-right ideologies" and held "ultra-nationalist views".

From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2026

Growing up in the San Fernando Valley, Carrasco was always fascinated by moviemaking.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026

Still, they were fascinated by the simplicity of his techniques for calculation, and thrilled at the idea that it might be possible to junk the equant.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

"It's a big step towards understanding these fascinating objects on a more fundamental level."

From Science Daily ● Nov. 15, 2026

The result is a fascinating collection of American folk beliefs in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

From Slate ● Nov. 13, 2026

These and many other fascinating narrative details don’t add up to a grand narrative arc, but Mr. Delves Broughton’s account is instructive all the same.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026

The name, location and period made a fascinating potential connection, the company said, but conceded they did not know for certain that the two were linked.

From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026

This was all quite fascinating for the general spectator, but Bobby Fischer hadn’t come to look at chess sets.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady


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