magnetize
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To magnetize an iron nail, one simply has to stroke its surface several times with a bar magnet.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 7, 2023
When Ryan mentioned her depression, Baltz said, “You need to magnetize your brain,” an apparent reference to transcranial magnetic stimulation treatment she received at Insight Choices, according to the accusation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2021
In a ferromagnet such as iron, all the atoms act like little magnets and they all point in the same direction to magnetize the entire material.
From Science Magazine ● Mar. 30, 2020
Registering the artifice in Hopper’s limpid art may free us to see a link between hotel rooms and painting itself: Both magnetize desire and a longing to escape.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 27, 2019
“If I rub the needle with the lodestone, I’ll magnetize it. Basically I’ll turn it into a compass needle. If we can get it to float on the water without breaking the surface tension...”
From "Gregor the Overlander" by Suzanne Collins
"First, we irradiate the alloy with a strong laser pulse, which magnetizes the material," explains Theo Pflug.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 7, 2023
It smells hellish too, like rotting meat on a sweltering day, which magnetizes tons of insects that scatter its spores.
From Salon ● Apr. 30, 2023
The southernmost state and yet not quite identified with the deep south, a meeting point for Latino influence and a rangy variant of Americana, it’s a strange place that magnetizes strange people.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 28, 2019
She’s steely and cunning with a presence that magnetizes, even if she is not the focal point of a scene.
From New York Times ● Feb. 19, 2017
Ama creates another Adinkra symbol that magnetizes Lala back to the ship.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
The unit doesn’t have a door but a magnetized accordion-like curtain.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 6, 2026
This validation that A.I. gives its user—or rather itself—is another reason students are so magnetized to these programs.
From Slate ● Mar. 20, 2026
As radio waves pass through magnetized plasma, the angle of their polarization shifts depending on frequency, a process called Faraday rotation.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 28, 2026
But she also finds herself sympathetic to and magnetized by Hayley, whose popularity is blossoming on the Fringe circuit and beyond.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2025
Even when we’d jerk them apart, they’d wind up magnetized again some moments later.
From "The Miseducation of Cameron Post" by emily m. danforth
If reach is what she’s looking for, Rogan’s invitation would seem to be a magnetizing one.
From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2024
Friends and family said she was well-liked and had a magnetizing personality.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 6, 2024
“Grief is a magnetizing force from which the book cannot escape.”
From Washington Post ● Oct. 17, 2022
Tutberidze, a former pairs skater who lived in the United States for six years, had a magnetizing résumé, included coaching the gold and silver medalists at the 2018 Olympics.
From New York Times ● Feb. 13, 2022
The discovery was a method of magnetizing plastic.
From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien
