fascinate
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What is it about tailoring itself that continues to fascinate you, and do you see pleasure in the discipline and restraint of a perfectly constructed garment?
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 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
“Well I don’t want to be interesting? I said. “I don’t exist to fascinate strangers.
From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi
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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
But there is no denying how much she fascinates the public and how much that can bring attention to causes.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 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
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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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
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 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
Rather than go away and come back later, Galileo sat in on the lecture and became fascinated by the subject—his first encounter with mathematics proper, rather than mere arithmetic.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
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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
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
The origin story of the Statue of Liberty and the long saga of her construction and installation are the subject of a fascinating exhibition at Paris’s Musée d’Orsay, “Auguste Bartholdi: Liberty Enlightening the World.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026
As always, a conversation with Moby is a fascinating journey, from lessons on fame to tales of hanging with David Bowie and Lou Reed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026
Not that long ago, most fascinating wrecks lay beyond our reach.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
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