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[maj-ik] / ˈmædʒ ɪk /


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“I don’t think there’s a magic number, but our appeal fees, I think, are clearly far below our peer cities,” Blumenfield said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2026

"Why has it taken this time? Well, I guess because it takes time, it doesn't necessarily mean that there is some magic change that's taken place," says Gillies.

From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026

He intends for the comedy, magic and karaoke events to continue.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026

An all-cash offer amounts to magic words for sellers, who get access to cash without any holdups, such as having to wait for underwriting to approve the buyer’s mortgage application.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2026

Someday I would visit them again and spin and weave with their magic.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff

These elements can be seen metaphorically in witchy films, where each member of the group represents different magics or general personality traits.

From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2024

SAT-SUN Crafts, minstrels, magics, food, activities, noon-5 p.m.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 21, 2017

His putter is not so much a stick as a wand, a thing that magics up birdie after birdie from ever-increasing distances.

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2015

Such small magics are easier to come by than significance.

From Time Magazine Archive

The impact of the two magics is creating rainbow-colored sparks of energy that dissolve against the ground.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

I eventually got my tickets by ringing on the day and being given the final pair magicked up from somewhere.

From BBC ● Dec. 22, 2023

“Leopoldstadt,” which is at Broadway’s Longacre Theatre in a production directed by Patrick Marber, unfolds as a series of oil paintings magicked into life.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 28, 2022

There are bouncy, excitable little partygoers in Act I, of course, and the diminutive dolls who spring to life at midnight as the Silberhaus parlor is magicked into a battlefield.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 24, 2022

The parents are taken in by the lavish surroundings, free fancy clothes, and free food that happens to simply appear as if magicked by house elves.

From Salon ● Jan. 20, 2022

"If someone said I had magicked myself into a boar to kill Robert, likely they would believe that as well."

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

There is the all-encompassing “we,” magicking itself into existence whenever everyone online seems to agree on something.

From New York Times ● Feb. 16, 2021

Zidane went away, came back, risked that legacy and somehow managed to be better than before, even magicking a clásico goal out of Mariano, for goodness’ sake.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 28, 2020

She was also part of an ancient magicking clan.

From The Verge ● Oct. 26, 2018

Otherwise the Potter play is just creating a grisly resale market, and magicking up profits for secondary ticket websites.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 8, 2016

The lamps the riders carry illuminate the silhouettes of the dead, magicking them into lumbering caricatures of humanity.

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland


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