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incantation

[in-kan-tey-shuhn] / ˌɪn kænˈteɪ ʃən /


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“Monument Eternal” is a talisman, an incantation that shows the author fearless and confident in her challenge to the distorting influence of race in America that James Weldon Johnson identified.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

To establish the right note of terror on a fog-strewn set by Arnulfo Maldonado that resembles the private chamber of a writer or madman, Page begins with Lady Macbeth’s chilling incantation.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2026

Nuns dangling rosary beads, tourists and student priests were among those who joined the gentle incantation of the rosary in the Vatican.

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2025

His voice, like a conjurer’s incantation, stirs the embers of rage, mustering both a conviction and devotion that consumes both logic and restraint.

From Salon • Oct. 18, 2024

At first Frodo felt as if he had indeed been turned into stone by the incantation.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien




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