fascinate
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There are already a number of nonfiction projects about the case; weird killers always fascinate the public, as do attractive victims: The perky, blond Maddie and Kaylee were lifelong friends.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 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
In Italy, where she has no public role, Catherine seemed to fascinate people.
From BBC ● May 14, 2026
But the subject also appears to fascinate him.
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2025
Skeeter refuses to give any more away on this intriguing subject, so we turn instead to the relationship that will undoubtedly fascinate her readers more than any other.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
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“His process fascinates me to no end,” said Robby Fletcher, a Goth Babe fan who has been to four of his shows.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
“It fascinates me to discover new people,” she says.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 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
What fascinates them both is the connection they say MPs appear to have with their constituents.
From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2025
“Your Handdara fascinates me, Harth, but now and then I wonder if it isn’t simply paradox developed into a way of life....”
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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The idea fascinated Juan Manuel Vazquez while he was a graduate student at the University of Chicago.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 12, 2026
"I'm fascinated by doing things that people say can't be done."
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
He said he had always been fascinated by the craft.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
In Longhi’s paintings, Muratov is fascinated by the Venetian culture of the mask: an expression of the city’s “gloomy opulence.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
“I’m not too good at brain stuff,” he mumbled, and went back to being fascinated with his shoe.
From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan
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But such belief in the face’s veracity, argues Fay Bound-Alberti in her fascinating “The Face: A Cultural History,” is hardly universal—and, St. Jerome aside, relatively modern.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
"Seeing a substantial increase in repetitions without the athletes feeling like they were exerting themselves any harder is a fascinating psychobiological outcome."
From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026
Evans described the programme as a "gripping exploration of loyalty, class and the truths we hide", describing Gilmour as a "very complex, deep, fascinating and tragic character".
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
No documentary has ever been nominated for a best picture Oscar, but “You Can See Everything” is so fascinating and rewatchable that it deserves to break the seal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
I could make no sense of the subject; my own thoughts swam always between me and the page I had usually found fascinating.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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