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magnetize

[mag-ni-tahyz] / ˈmæg nɪˌtaɪz /


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“I learned to temper my thoughts, embrace gratefulness, give myself grace, pour into myself to be available for others and magnetize the positive into manifested results,” he wrote.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 29, 2024

To magnetize an iron nail, one simply has to stroke its surface several times with a bar magnet.

From Science Daily Dec. 7, 2023

Whether any of their creations transcend gee-whizzery and prove powerful enough to magnetize deeper meanings to it will become clearer with time.

From Washington Post Feb. 15, 2023

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

“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

He magnetizes attention, sometimes at the expense of Ben Dickey, who plays Foley as a sly, slow-moving bear of a man with a knack for fingerpicking and self-sabotage.

From New York Times Sep. 6, 2018

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

While most galaxies contain supermassive black holes, only a small fraction produce enormous jets of magnetized plasma that emit radio waves.

From Science Daily Apr. 13, 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

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

Again Melquíades tried to dissuade him, but he finally accepted the two magnetized ingots and three colonial coins in exchange for the magnifying glass.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

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

But I made the mistake that she did, which I forgot about the magnetizing.

From Salon Aug. 7, 2022

At night, the smell of charred chicken sizzling on an outside spit often wafted through the neighborhood, magnetizing Metro riders as they emerged from underground escalators.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 15, 2020

Maybe it was the way he massaged the feeling back into my hands, or his yeshivish cadence, or those magnetizing bourbon-colored eyes, but something told me I could confide in him.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros




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