abracadabra

Example Sentences

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She preaches retrograde beliefs and uses her status as a woman to abracadabra these beliefs into something parroting feminism.

From Washington Post

The abracadabra begins this summer with a mural-painting project, enlisting young community artists to enliven the exterior walls of the plain-Jane restroom.

From Seattle Times

Don Jr spins this as a claim about economic growth and declares: “Well, abracadabra buddy. There is a magic wand for that!”

From The Guardian

For example, it has remained strangely quiet on scandals like that uncovered by the central bank governor, who accused former treasury officials of using "abracadabra" conjuring tricks to distort budget figures.

From BBC

When someone pushed the button — abracadabra — the bus went from Boston to New York, just like that.

From New York Times