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spellbound

[spel-bound] / ˈspɛlˌbaʊnd /


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To find the city as spellbound by its basketball team, you have to go back to the 1970 and 1973 champions, with the likes of Walt Frazier, Willis Reed and smooth Earl “The Pearl” Monroe.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 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

Also, Joni Mitchell played “Coyote,” accompanied by Dylan, for spellbound band members at Gordon Lightfoot’s house.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2024

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

The dark, rainy evening, the wind, the racing clouds, had me spellbound; it was the first time in a year and a half that I’d seen the night face-to-face.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank




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