magic
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Asked to define the magic of their chemistry, Edwards said it was not instantaneous.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
A gripping finale at Royal Lytham & St Annes was brimming with drama, magic and misfortune - particularly on the crucial 18th hole.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026
Here the magic number is all-electric range: an EPA-estimated 52 miles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026
"But there's no magic pill to improve brain health."
From Science Daily ● Jul. 31, 2026
I saw my aunts in Yonder, spinning their magic, Ida making rhymes and cake.
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
“You think,” said Jack, “that you can do your little magics on me? Do you know what I am, boy?”
From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman
The play “unfolds as a series of oil paintings magicked into life,” wrote Times critic McNulty.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 29, 2025
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
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
He magicked the sickened explorer of animals back to bed, and glad enough he was to be there.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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
