magic
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“The invocation of national security is not a magic incantation that suspends the rule of law,” they added.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
Through the magic of prediction markets, it’s both!
From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2026
The sooner families like you start investing, the more time they have to grow their college fund through the magic of compounding, the JP Morgan report adds.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026
At every turn, from his appearance in the Little League World Series to junior college to the minors, Tugboat was told his magic trick wouldn’t work at the next level.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
A magic that I was born with, that grew inside me, deep in my bones.
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
Coyotito whimpered and Juana muttered little magics over him to make him silent.
From "The Pearl" by John Steinbeck
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
There was a pause in which Mrs. Weasley magicked the empty plates onto the work surface and served apple tart.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
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
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
