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fascinate

[fas-uh-neyt] / ˈfæs əˌneɪt /


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But a large part of the philosopher’s enduring power to fascinate concerns the man himself.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 18, 2025

But the subject also appears to fascinate him.

From Barron's Oct. 30, 2025

“In her 1970 tome ‘The Complete Book of Magic and Witchcraft,’ Kathryn Paulsen said, ‘You may fascinate a woman by giving her a piece of cheese.’

From Salon Oct. 12, 2025

And the wrap dress continues to fascinate new generations of women.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 15, 2024

“You never know what will fascinate them,” he said.

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull

"If this conjecture fascinates people so much, it is because this kind of phenomenon shows up naturally in problems from very different fields," Wang told AFP News Agency.

From BBC Jul. 24, 2026

That soccer thrives on the genius and physical prowess of human beings, which also means that the possibility of failure makes it profoundly dramatic, fascinates Luna.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 4, 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

"Their war cry is 'let's live life, let's live it healthily, let's live well,' and obviously this fascinates me."

From Barron's May 5, 2026

But she is cruel because she doesn’t care what she does, as long as it fascinates her.

From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth

Ash, 18, said she was fascinated by astronomy.

From BBC Aug. 12, 2026

The house, which has fascinated generations of commuters, was built in 1963 by Sam Harkleroad, a tinkerer who dotted Marin County with unconventional dwellings before he died in 1993.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

He admitted to being fascinated by fire, and that "things that go through fire experience a kind of rebirth," a detective said in the document.

From Barron's Aug. 7, 2026

"People are also fascinated with our little walled allotment, I call that my mini woodland," she said.

From BBC Jul. 29, 2026

I think Fly would’ve been fascinated by this.

From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga

This fascinating book is a study in how archival documentaries in the 1930s lurched forward—from episodic newsreels to hodgepodge feature-length efforts.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

Mr. Bockino recounts the fascinating history of the point spread, which helped turned lopsided games into betting fodder.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

Cuaya explained that, from a neuroscience perspective, "the dog's brain is quite fascinating".

From BBC Aug. 10, 2026

Any talk of changing the rules, salary cap or otherwise, to put reins on this kind of success would propagate underperformance and penalize this fascinating culture of constant improvement.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 8, 2026

Spiritualism was a “strange and fascinating American import.”

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock




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