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fascination

[fas-uh-ney-shuhn] / ˌfæs əˈneɪ ʃən /


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Soda was seldom found in the house when I was little, making it a subject of fascination.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

He said he had grown up with a "fascination" with planes after his father had taken him to air shows at RAF St Athan, Vale of Glamorgan, inspiring him to join the RAF.

From BBC Aug. 5, 2026

"Our work helps explain our fascination with crystals and contributes to the understanding of the evolutionary roots of aesthetics and worldview," concluded García-Ruiz.

From Science Daily Jul. 15, 2026

Hollywood’s fascination with YouTube creators is going to the next level.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 14, 2026

But then, unless the fascination is too powerful, there comes the point when keeping still is discarded and the rabbit, as though breaking a spell, turns in an instant to its other resource—flight.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams

It’s cast with some of the more attractive young people available, while the characters of “Sterling Point” looks like standard-issue teenagers with common fascinations.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

Maybe the only purpose in any of this is to prolong morbid fascinations, to twist the knife.

From Slate Feb. 23, 2026

Geometric order and water’s fluid movement were special fascinations.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 18, 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

The friends approached the inn, and Jacob soon assured himself that it was Henri, accompanied by an unknown woman with all the fascinations of an opera-dancer.

From The Jew by Jo?zef Ignacy Kraszewski




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