riveting
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Was there any doubt that this absurdly riveting bad blood showdown could do anything but take it to the brink, like it had in Vancouver 2010, or even Boston a year ago?
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 22, 2026
Wagner Moura’s riveting star turn in “The Secret Agent” made him the first Brazilian man nominated for an Academy Award for lead actor.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 9, 2026
A new generation of independent filmmakers in India is making "riveting, viable cinema" instead of "mass entertainers," Ms Choudhary points out.
From BBC • Jan. 2, 2026
If “Intentional” isn’t consistently riveting reading, it is nonetheless sensible—and well-intentioned.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 1, 2026
We stare like it’s the most riveting thing in the world, which, in the absence of our phones, it basically is.
From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed
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