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spellbound

[spel-bound] / ˈspɛlˌbaʊnd /


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A former professor of biology at the University of the South, Mr. Haskell has made a career of explaining the lives of plants to spellbound audiences.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Wicked: For Good has received broadly positive reviews from critics - but many are far less spellbound than they were by the first film.

From BBC • Nov. 19, 2025

To hear Judith Light, Jessica Hecht, Linda Lavin, Peter Frechette, Slattery or Whitford converse in this heightened theatrical patois was to become instantly spellbound.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 8, 2025

But Las Vegas seems spellbound by the Super Bowl, which is making its first appearance in a place that the N.F.L., not so long ago, avoided to the point of parody.

From New York Times • Feb. 8, 2024

I sat spellbound, watching every step and every movement of the dancers’ arms and heads.

From "Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina" by Michaela DePrince




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