magic
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Six months later, he has yet to recreate that Grapefruit League magic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
Expecting the modern, single-camera version of “A Different World” to recapture the multi-camera original’s magic is unreasonable.
From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2026
A snoozing employee sits up and says: “The magic? It’s gone.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
The magic of compound interest allows Michael’s additional savings over that five-year period to add around $1 million or more to his retirement account by the time he reaches age 65.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
But Ida had said that magic was everywhere—in the sky, in the air, in the sun.
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
“Well, maybe they think rootwork and other magics like it are old-fashioned and only for uneducated people.”
From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce
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
Then again, I’d magicked myself into believing Astelle was dead.
From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx
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
There is a lovely moment when it feels as if the audience have been personally responsible for magicking up the larder through the astonishing power of our thoughts.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 12, 2012
What was the good of magicking himself out of his room if Hogwarts would expel him for doing it?
From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling
